Interview

When reading Catherine Theis’ poetry, I’m frequently reminded of Godard’s 1963 film Contempt. As with that movie, Theis is interested in the way in which the classical Greco-Roman world (its…

There is a moment in Brad Listi’s Other People interview with David Shields (Episode 454) when Shields and Listi riff on Bill Murray anecdotes, where instantly, I wanted to sit…

In March of this year, I made the annual pilgrimage to AWP like so many emerging and established writers, educators, and publishers. While I had spent the majority of my…

VI KHI NAO: Your lack of line breaks or your internal line breaks are one of most compelling aspects of this poetry collection. Could you talk about your process with…

VI KHI NAO: What is desire to you? KRISTIN SANDERS: I feel like desire is the force that moves the whole world. It’s one of the only things I’m interested…

  I was interested in Lynn’s story from the moment I met her. My father was career Navy, and she had attended the Air Force Academy with ambitions toward being…

Coco and I have been friends for maybe a decade—we don’t remember where we met but this is the nature of the Chicago community (and others, but the one I…

DIEHL: Where did this novel begin for you? SMITH: The plot came to me in a crazy post-partum dream. I was participating in a scenario on an island near Seattle,…

Sarah Gerard’s new collection of essays, Sunshine State, dives into her childhood in Florida, her family history, systemic inequality, trauma, environmental decimation, death and the power of hope. I sat…

For Gayle Brandeis, 2017 is shaping up to be a busy year. Her first book of poetry in many years, The Selfless Bliss of the Body, is set to drop…

See all of the poet interviews during the past month in honor of National Poetry Month. 1) Why poetry? Poetry, as a primary mode, is central to my art practice,…

Stay tuned all month for poet interviews in honor of National Poetry Month. 1) Why poetry? Poetry lets us play with the salamanders hiding out in the humid dirt pockets…

Stay tuned all month for poet interviews in honor of National Poetry Month. 1) Why poetry? I’m not so sure about poetry, but I’m pretty sure about the space of…

Stay tuned all month for poet interviews in honor of National Poetry Month. 1) Why poetry? Glossolalia is another word for speaking in tongues. For Pentecostals, it is considered one…