August 18, 2017
An Interview with Poetry Teacher Extraordinaire, Marty Skoble
The extremely humble Marty Skoble has single-handedly created a new generation of poets and writers. He was my poetry teacher from fifth grade to twelfth grade at St. Ann’s School. […]
August 15, 2017
Sentence by Sentence, Paragraph by Paragraph–On Being Edited
Over at Lit Hub I’ve been reading acclaimed editor Terry McDonell’s pieces on the nuances of editing with interest; all of the pieces are adapted from his new book The […]
August 8, 2017
An Interview with Poet, Teacher, and Activist Jimmy Santiago Baca
by Kirsten Ogden This is the third interview in a series about the intersections of writing, teaching, and identity. Read Past Interviews in the series: Mike Rose, Virginia Pye. Jimmy Santiago Baca […]
July 20, 2017
Interview with Joy Harjo about Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
How did you come to the idea for your book, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, that humans were made from a mistake—in that some have forgotten how to be human […]
July 19, 2017
“Your Body Includes and Is the Meaning”: Five Hot Lifestyle Tips from Walt Whitman
While being pregnant brought on particular food cravings (doughnuts, the clichéd pickles), having a baby girl out in the world has brought on an unexpected and particular reading craving—Walt Whitman. […]
June 26, 2017
What Text and Image Have to Say to Each Other
I have been bewitched by the bringing together of text and image in art for as long as I can remember. A film or photograph can convey something that words […]
April 17, 2017
Conversation with Layli Long Soldier
Layli Long Soldier’s first book Whereas was published in March by Graywolf Press. She holds a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from Bard College. […]
March 6, 2017
Painting the Since [Then]
This World is not Conclusion. A Species stands beyond – Invisible, as Music – But positive, as Sound – It beckons, and it baffles – —Emily Dickinson, “This World is not […]
February 27, 2017
Innovation in Conversation (Part IV): Speaking with Randall Mann, Richie Hofmann, Phillip B. Williams, and Chen Chen
Over the past few months, I’ve spent time here at The Kenyon Review blog with the art and thought of contemporary poets engaged in formal innovation, focusing in particular on […]
February 16, 2017
I’ll Never Forget Her Name: On Private Selves in Public Spaces
Let me begin by stating this is not a post-AWP-reflections essay. Or maybe it is exactly that. I was talking to a poet who did not think herself a poet, […]
February 8, 2017
An interview with Natalie Diaz
What seems urgent to you right now in your writing life? And as a Mojave and Pima American, how do you handle, balance, or negotiate expectations that you are always […]
February 1, 2017
Echoes and Mirrors (Innovation in Conversation: Part III)
One of the joys of teaching, and of writing for the Kenyon Review blog, is the two-way street of ideas and information these forums afford. While I hope I’m educating in […]