Ten Questions for Devika Rege
“There is no point in learning how to sculpt if you don’t know where to get the clay.” —Devika Rege, author of Quarterlife.
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Embodied Writing: Breathe, Breathe, Breathe
The author of Us From Nothing offers an exercise to enhance the body’s role in the act of writing.
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Embodied Writing: One Body, Many Parts
The author of Us From Nothing revises his thinking about the role of the body in writing.
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The Ardors of the World Will Speak to Us: A Conversation With Dan Beachy-Quick
The author and translator discusses his process of translating Sappho, the lessons that ancient poetry holds for contemporary life, and the gifts of a life steeped in practicing poetry and translation.
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What Herbie Hancock Taught Me About Formal Poetry
The author of Midwhistle contemplates the common ground between jazz music and poetry.
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Finding Your Crow
The author of fox woman get out! considers authenticity and how to find one’s authentic voice.
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Wildness and Containment: A Conversation on Formal Structure and Poetic Surprise
Jay Hopler and Kimberly Johnson discuss their new books, the techniques and craft decisions they used in writing these collections, and the occasion to which both books respond: Hopler’s diagnosis of terminal prostate cancer in 2017.
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Ten Questions for Jana Larson
“I can’t imagine myself without this book.” —Jana Larson, author of Reel Bay
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The Smudge and the Scrawl: Inside the Writer’s Notebook
Eight authors—Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Mark Wunderlich, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Samantha Hunt, Edward Carey, Juan Felipe Herrera, Darcey Steinke, and Terrance Hayes—offer a glimpse into their notebooks and their creative process.
Button Chair: The Magic of Sitting Down to Play
The author describes her failed attempts at sitting down to write, and turns to the lives and methods of famous writers, as well as her experiences as a mother, to find a way to write with a sense of spontaneity and play.
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