Ten Questions for Olena Kalytiak Davis

“Poetry is impossible, but it is not difficult.” —Olena Kalytiak Davis, author of Late Summer Ode
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“Poetry is impossible, but it is not difficult.” —Olena Kalytiak Davis, author of Late Summer Ode
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved investigates the uses of specificity in narrative poetry.
“I’m not a writer, I’m a receiver for something I don’t always understand.” —James Cagney, author of Martian: The Saint of Loneliness
Faced with two separate causes of potential vision loss, an author reconsiders her identify as a “visual writer,” which has been integral to her mode of creating.
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved illuminates the power of narrative to move a poem forward.
“It takes a lot of intentional work to write ethical stories.” —Hafizah Augustus Geter, author of The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved explores enumeration as a source of poetic possibility.
“I’d tell my past self to trust my work.” —Aldo Amparán, author of Brother Sleep
The author of Selected Books of the Beloved reflects on the sonic pleasures of verse and offers an exercise in attending to poetry’s music.
“A terrible draft of a story is a gift, because now the real work can begin.” —Jonathan Escoffery, author of If I Survive You