How important is music to your poetry?
Very important I'd say, but probably not in how you're intending the question. My "process" involves music playing while writing. Songs have inspired some of my poems, heck, my book's title is borrowed from a song, but it's on more so for a kind of background hum. Working in the prose poem, music is something I'm not consciously thinking of, but when it does happen, it's usually a pleasant surprise.
What other poetry books have you been reading lately?
I have a stack of "to-read" books, as the semester puts a headlock on my time for non-school reading. Though I was able to read Customs by Solmaz Sharif over spring break recently. The collaborative Midwinter Constellation edited by Becca Klaver and Sommer Browning's Good Actors are among poetry books in the to-read pile.
What poets changed the way you thought about writing?
James Tate, Mary Ruefle, Michael Earl Craig, Jennifer L. Knox (look up "Hot Ass Poem" if you haven't already).
How does your work first enter the world? Do you have a social group or writers group that you work ideas and poems with?
It usually starts on a Friday, headphones on and coffee drink nearby, poem in a Word doc. Then sometime in the afternoon it is copied and pasted into a shared document where a writer friend and I share drafts and make notes on each other's work.
What are you working on?
National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo)! Attempting to write a poem a day on my website: nateglogan.tumblr.com.
