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Poets

From Pulitzer Prize winners to emerging talents, our interviews offer a rare glimpse into the creative process and the inspirations that drive these poets to write.

Interviews / Poets

Interview with PS Conway: “Poetry is precision. It’s quiet, distilled, and often emotionally surgical.”

Essayists / Interviews / Poets

Interview with Jiordan Castle: “I’m writing toward something I can’t name, a place I will never reach.”

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Interview with Rosanna Young Oh: “I need silence and a feeling of isolation.”

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Interview with Richard Michelson: “The most important thing is to sit down and write.”

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Interview with Janice Lee: “I’m interested in all the ways stories are told and received.”

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Interview with Jennifer Maritza McCauley: “It’s basically like switching between two different brains.”

Essayists / Interviews / Poets

Interview with Lia Purpura: “Nothing is typical but everything is consistent.”

Interviews / Novelists / Poets

Interview with Craig Buchner: “I suffer from believing in pure inspiration.”

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Interview with Zein El-Amine: “I grew up among storytellers.”

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Interview with Malachi Black: “My only goal is to make a contribution.”

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Interview with Glenis Redmond: “I believe that poets are the canaries in the coal mine.”

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Interview with Jenny Sadre-Orafai: “I wanted the reader to feel a little dizzy and ungrounded.”

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Interview with Jayme Ringleb: “Most of my writing process isn’t with words on the page.”

Interviews / Novelists / Poets

Interview with Giannina Braschi: “The habits, the habitation, the routines give me security.”

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Interview with Joseph Fasano: “I like to carry them with me in my mind.”

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Interview with Emanuel Xavier: “The right setting helps unleash your emotions.”

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Interview with Johannes Göransson: “I always took my own path to and through poetry.”

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Interview with Michelle Tea: “I love reading weird work by weirdos.”

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Interview with Emma Bolden: “My process always starts with rock tumbling.”

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Interview with Joshua Corey: “I try to touch base with the work each day.”

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Interview with Threa Almontaser: “Surround yourself with a community of people.”

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Interview with Matthew Zapruder: “I’m pretty ruthless about making the time for my writing.”

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Interview with Jordan E. Franklin: “I tend to write when the feeling takes me.”

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Interview with Yanyi: “Good writing doesn’t come from a desire to be published.”