Chad Sweeney Q&A on the importance of sound
Chad Sweeney talks about the importance of sound and reading poems aloud, and how hearing a poem by Maurice Kenney led Sweeney to become a poet.
Do you experience a poem differently hearing it and reading it?
Julie Gard Q&A on hearing and reading a poem
Julie Gard talks about experiencing a poem differently hearing it and reading it.
James Richardson Q&A on the difficulty of being a poet (text)
James Richardson on what he finds to be the most difficult obstacle to being a poet: I’m fortunate enough (one has to say in these times) to be over-employed, so time and peace have often eluded me. How do we sit down and engage in the vast waste of time, the slaughter of hours and […]
Matthew Lippman Q&A on reading his work aloud when he writes
Matthew Lippman on reading his work aloud when he writes.
Miranda Field Q&A on reading vs. hearing a poem
Miranda Field talks about the different experiences of reading a poem to herself and hearing a poem out loud.
Lytton Smith Q&A on reading a poem vs hearing it
Lytton Smith talks about the experiences of reading a poem and reading or hearing a poem aloud.
Doug Van Gundy Q&A on reading his poems aloud
Doug Van Gundy talks about reading his poems aloud when he writes.
April Ossmann Q&A how to listen to poetry
April Ossmann talks to students about how to listen to poetry, recorded live at Messalonskee High School, Oakland, Maine, December 5, 2006.