The Verse Book of Interviews: 27 Poets on Language, Craft & Culture

by Brian Henry, Andrew Zawacki

Overview

In-depth interviews with poets have been a popular feature of Verse magazine—and this volume collects many favorites, along with new interviews commissioned for this collection. The poets represent a wide range of aesthetics, ethnicities and politics. Although a particular focus of the book is emerging and innovative American poets, the collection also features interviews with Australian, Scottish, Irish, Czech, Slovenian and Kashmiri poets, as well as established American poets such as Hayden Carruth and Charles Wright. A vital record of contemporary poetry and an engaging read.

Brian Henry’s poetry collections include Graft, American Incident and Astronaut, and he is the editor of On James Tate.

Andrew Zawacki is the author of Anabranch and By Reason of Breakings, co-translator of Ales Debeljak’s Arrow’s Shadow and an editor of Verse since 1995.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780974635354
Publisher:	Wave Books
Publication date:	08/01/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Brian Henry has published three books of poetry. He has been an editor of Verse since 1995 and his criticism has appeared in many publications around the world, including the Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times Book Review. He teaches at the University of Georgia. Andrew Zawacki is the author of two books of poetry and is currently co-translating Ales Debeljak's Arrow's Shadow. An editor of Verse since 1995, his criticism has appeared in many publications. He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago's School for Social Thought, and lives in Paris.

Table of Contents

	Tomaz Salamun	7
	Charles Wright	18
	August Kleinzahler	30
	Christine Hume and Laura Solomon	56
	Edward Dorn	74
	Martin Espada	89
	Medbh McGuckian	106
	Reginald Shepherd	118
	Agha Shahid Ali	133
	Claudia Rankine	147
	Marjorie Welish	152
	Anselm Berrigan and Marcella Durand	165
	John Yau	177
	Lisa Jarnot	199
	Matthew Rohrer	204
	Dara Wier	217
	Tessa Rumsey	230
	Hayden Carruth	239
	Miroslav Holub	252
	Heather Ramsdell	260
	John Kinsella	266
	Kate Fagan	283
	Don Paterson	294
	Kevin Hart	302
	Ales Debeljak	320