poetry mini interviews

What do you feel poetry can accomplish that other forms can’t? I’m only basing this off of my own experience, so this may depend on each per...

When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book you return to? A particular author? There are numerous poets I return to, Cavaf...

How does a poem begin? With an insistence in my gut that I must write it or burst.

It's said in the Talmud that there are three ways to be a good Jew: study, prayer and acts of loving kindness– Alexander Shalom Joseph ...

What poets changed the way you thought about writing? Since I teach Pacific Islander literature, many Pacific writers from older generations...

Do you have a social group or writers group that you work ideas and poems with? Yes, I am part of a poetry group, and I am immensely gratefu...

Annick Yerem lives and works in Berlin. In her dreams, she can swim like a manatee. Annick tweets @missyerem and has, to her utmost delight...