poetry mini interviews

How important is music to your poetry? I have an interesting reaction to this question, because in addition to being a poet I’m a musician a...

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? Recent collections that have made a deep impression on me include The Tradition by Je...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? So many. The first poem I ever adored, in part because it was familiar and yet also my...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? Yes. Many times. I thought for a long time that the “I” in a poem should be taken ...

Susie Meserve is a poet and essayist whose work has appeared in The Washington Post , New York Times , Indiana Review , Gulf Coast , the Sa...