Tuesday 3 September 2019

Lesley Wheeler : part one

Lesley Wheeler’s forthcoming books are the poetry collection The State She’s In; her first novel, Unbecoming; and a suite of hybrid essays, Poetry’s Possible Worlds. Poetry editor of Shenandoah, she lives in Virginia.

Photo credit: Kevin Remington

Has your consideration of poetry changed since you began?
I’m more thoughtful than I used to be about the work a poem might do in the world. I so appreciate poems that feed hope and insight. I hope my writing does that, too, at least sometimes.

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