Anthony Deaton Q&A on translation
Anthony Deaton, author of Rhumb Lines (Sutton Hoo Press, 2002), talks about translation.
How do you determine what form a poem will take? For instance, do you sit down to write a cento? Do you sit down to write long lines, or does the poem itself dictate that to you?
Michael Dickman Q&A on poem length and line length
Michael Dickman talks about how he determines the length of a poem and the length of the lines in a poem.
La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs Q&A talks about the form of her poem, gamelon
La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs, writer, vocalist and sound artist, talks about the form of her poem, gamelon.
Gregory Pardlo Q&A discusses the dramatic tension of form and content
Gregory Pardlo, a 2005 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in poetry, talks about the dramatic tension between form and content in his poems.
Geoffrey Brock Q&A on form
Geoffrey Brock talks about form.
Douglas Woodsum Q&A on the form of his poem Fourteener 279
Douglas Woodsum, a rural high school English teacher and a winner of the Bread Loaf Poetry Prize, discusses the form of his poem, Fourteener 279.
Adrian Matejka Q&A on rap music and contemporary poetry
Adrian Matejka talks about his attempt to marry aspects of his favorite rap music with aspects of his favorite poetry.