poetry mini interviews

What other poetry books have you been reading lately? I’ve been listening to poetry podcasts lately. I'm a big fan of PoemTalk from Pen...

How important is music to your poetry? I want each of my poems to have the music they need to advance their meaning and emotion, and to be ...

What are you working on? I’m working on getting back to writing, especially daily writing, which is a challenge for me. This last year I tr...

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began? Absolutely. When I make a poem now, it’s about the poem and the reader, not about...

Valerie Wallace is the author of House of McQueen , selected by Vievee Francis for the Four Way Books Intro Prize, and the chapbook The D...