August 10, 2021
From the Caves–Thea Prieto
With the Covid-19 pandemic, there have obviously been dozens of books that haven’t received the shine they might have under normal circumstances. One new release that I hope gets all […]
October 2, 2019
“Earth to celestial yonder”: A Conversation with Poet & Translator Mihaela Moscaliuc
Mihaela Moscaliuc was born and raised in Romania. She is the author of the poetry collections Immigrant Model (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015) and Father Dirt (Alice James Books, 2010), […]
September 30, 2019
VERVE {IN} VERSE: IN CONVERSATION WITH Michael Wasson
Note: Verve {in} Verse is my poet-focused feature here at The Kenyon Review in which I converse with poets about their work and interests both on and off the […]
September 29, 2019
Poetic Language & Political Strife: A Conversation with Farooq Ahmed, author of Kansastan
Raised in the great state of Kansas, Farooq Ahmed is a graduate of the Columbia University Creative Writing Program and of Brown University, where he studied biochemistry. He is a […]
September 28, 2019
VERVE {IN} VERSE: IN CONVERSATION WITH Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes
Note: Verve {in} Verse is my poet-focused feature here at The Kenyon Review in which I converse with poets about their work and interests both on and off the page. […]
September 28, 2019
On Being a Pedestrian in a World of Drivers
I can drive. That is, I’m physically capable of driving, but I just don’t. There are many factors that have contributed to this state of affairs, including having lived most […]
September 25, 2019
Museum of Writerly Inspiration
Writers love nothing more than a good distraction, especially if they can pretend said distraction is “research.” That’s how I came to abandon my writing desk one afternoon a […]
September 18, 2019
“To explore the many voices you have”: A Conversation with Sheryl St. Germain
Sheryl’s poetry books include Going Home, The Mask of Medusa (both chapbooks)Making Bread at Midnight, How Heavy the Breath of God, The Journals of Scheherazade), and Let it Be a Dark […]
September 3, 2019
“Discovering the shape of the book as it emerges”: A Conversation with Dana Roeser
Dana Roeser is the author of four award-winning books of poetry. The recently published All Transparent Things Need Thundershirts won the Wilder Prize at Two Sylvias Press. The Theme of […]
September 3, 2019
“Our relation to human precarity”: A Conversation with H.L. Hix
H.L. Hix’s recent books include a poetry collection, Rain Inscription; an edition, with Julie Kane, of selected poems of contemporary Lithuanian poet Tautvyda Marcinkevičiūtė, called Terribly In Love; an essay […]
September 2, 2019
“What it means to be quarantined”: A Conversation with Scott Chalupa
Scott Chalupa writes and teaches in Columbia, SC, where he earned an MFA at the University of South Carolina. His debut collection of pomes, Quarantine, was released this year by […]
September 2, 2019
The Grace of Distance: A Conversation with Matthew Thorburn
Matthew Thorburn’s new book of poems, The Grace of Distance, was published by Louisiana State University Press in August. He’s also the author of six previous collections, including the book-length poem […]