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By Rachel Stark Rachel Stark: First off, thank you so much for agreeing to this interview.  I’d like to start by talking about your subject matter.  Your most recent collection, The…

By Deena M. Biengardo DMB: You have worked for a number of different publications, as a science writer and also as a commentator. Which of these was most fulfilling? MC: I…

By A.K. Huseby Carol Frost is the author of ten collections of poetry, including Pure, Venus and Don Juan, Love & Scorn, I Will Say Beauty, and most recently The Queen’s Desertion (all from TriQuarterly Books). She…

By Traci O’Dea Traci O’Dea (Associate Editor, Smartish Pace): How has translating Sappho affected your own poetry? Aaron Poochigian: I had always wanted each line of my poetry to be songlike and ravishing.…

By Julia Leverone Originally from Michigan, Patrick Ryan Frank has his master’s degree in poetry from Boston University and studied theater and creative writing as an undergraduate at Northwestern. Since…

By Jessica Yoo Jessica Yoo: How did you come up with form of Double Exposures? Greg Williamson:  When I’d first written a few Double Exposures, I was reminded by a friend that…

By Austin Tally Loss has a constant presence in your new book, Give Over, Graymalkin. For you, where does the act of writing poetry fit into the process of losing, accepting,…

By Jocelyn Heath February 16, 2012Interview conducted in August 2011 Beyond Katrina blends personal and collective memories of an event that is not too long gone from the public eye, and…