When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover that you wanted to write poems? I grew up in a house full of poetry. My parents read poetry to me as a child, and as a child, I sometimes used to write poems. But I began to take my poetry writing seriously for...
Small Press Interview Series: human error publishinga conversation between Erica Charis-Molling and founder Paul RichmondErica Charis-Molling: Let’s start at the beginning. How did the press get started?HEP: Human Error Publishing was a natural extension of the skills...
When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover that you wanted to write poems? I first encountered poetry as a child when I fell in love with Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson. Later, I found myself drawn to dozens of poets, and then scores more. I’ve always...
Small Press Interview Series: ibbetson street pressa conversation between Erica Charis-Molling and director Doug HolderErica Charis-Molling: Let’s start at the beginning. How did the press get started?ISP: It was founded in 1998 in Somerville. I used to meet with a...
When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover that you wanted to write poems? I took ‘the scenic route’ toward writing poetry. My first passion for writing started in high school, and then as an undergraduate at Bates College. That was nearly 40 years ago!...
Small Press Interview Series: Perugia Pressa conversation between Erica Charis-Molling and editor & director Rebecca Hart OlanderErica Charis-Molling: Let’s start at the beginning. How did the press get started?P: The press was founded in 1997 by Susan Kan, who...
When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover that you wanted to write poems? My first serious encounter with poetry was in college. I did not encounter poetry as a child, and no one in my family reads it or writes it. In high school, I was not much of an...
Small Press Interview Series: central square pressa conversation between Erica Charis-Molling and editor Enzo Silon SurinErica Charis-Molling: Let’s start at the beginning. How did the press get started?CSP: At Central Square Press, our mission is to publish...
When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover that you wanted to write poems? I was lucky enough to take a creative writing class in high school. Our teacher, Dr. Martin Galvin, introduced us to Anne Sexton, E.E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman...
Small Press Interview Series: ROSE METAL PRESSa conversation between Erica Charis-Molling and co-founders Abigail Beckel (Publisher) and Kathleen Rooney (Editor)Erica Charis-Molling: Let’s start at the beginning. How did the press get started?RMP: Shortly after our...
When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover that you wanted to write poems? As a child, I memorized “The Tale of Custard the Dragon,” by Ogden Nash, for an English class. I remember being taken in by the sounds and whimsy of the poem. I began...
Small Press Interview Series: BROADSIDED PRESSa conversation between Erica Charis-Molling and editor Elizabeth Bradfield Erica Charis-Molling: Let’s start at the beginning. How did Broadsided get started?Elizabeth Bradfield: Broadsided began in 2005, in Anchorage,...
Small Press Interview Series: aforementioned productionsa conversation between Erica Charis-Molling and co-founder Randolph PfaffErica Charis-Molling: Let’s start at the beginning. How did the press get started?Randolph Pfaff: First of all, thanks for including us in...
When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover that you wanted to write poems? In middle school I remember reading Shakespeare for the first time when my class performed Romeo and Juliet. I was really taken with the sonic beauty of the language, and I feel...
Do you have a writing routine? A favorite time or place to write? I can’t really say I have an established and predesigned writing routine. As an artist, I respond to my inspirations, my thought and intuition. Often my creativity is triggered by headlines from...
When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover that you wanted to write poems? I first got really interested in poetry when Ms. Stanley, my sophomore English teacher in high school, introduced us to people like Langston Hughes, Robert Frost and Gwendolyn...
our interview with No GLykon & meagan masterman of reality handsNo Glykon and Meagan Masterman run a Somerville-based literary journal called Reality Hands, as well as Clouds and Other Louds, a festival of poetry and fiction readings. This year’s festival will be...
April is National Poetry Month! Here Are a few Ways to Celebrate. Read a poem every day! You can find daily poems via Poetry Daily, the Poem-a-Day on poets.org, and by listening to U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith’s podcast, The Slowdown.Mass Poetry is part of...
When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover that you wanted to write poems? A long time ago, at the university, I had already taken all my required courses for Computer Science. I spent the last year in all arts classes, including Creative...
Available now from Indie Bound When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover you wanted to write poems? I was born into a family of avid readers and learned to read quite early, before I went to school. My mother read to me every night when I was small. A...
When did you first encounter poetry? How did you discover that you wanted to write poems? I loved the beats in high school (of course!), but I didn’t start writing poetry until college. I really wanted to be a novelist, or write a short story, but I could never get...