The Verse Book of Interviews

By Brian Henry and Andrew Zawacki Description Reviews In-depth interviews with poets were a popular feature of Verse magazine—and this volume collects many favorites, along with new interviews commissioned especially for this book. 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. A vital record of contemporary poetry.Interviewed: Tomaž Šalamun, Charles Wright, Christine Hume, Laura Solomon, Matthew Rohrer, Edward Dorn, Dara Wier, Martin Espada, Tessa Rumsey, Medbh McGuckian, Hayden Carruth, Reginald Shepherd, Miroslav Holub, Agha Shahid Ali, Heather Ramsdell, Claudia Rankine, John Kinsella, Marjorie Welish, Kate Fagan, Don Paterson, Kevin Hart, Ales Debeljak, Anselm Berrigan, Marcella Durand, John Yau, August Kleinzahler, Lisa Jarnot These substantial inter