Literary Nonfiction. Poetry History & Criticism. Conversations with David Kennedy, Sarah Maguire, cris cheek, Eva Salzman, Miles Champion, John Burnside, Caroline Bergvall, Michael Donaghy, Sheila E. Murphy and Tim Allen.

"The central theme of this book is that we all use language, stake our claims upon it and personalize it beyond the belief of others, when we haven't really come to any kind of consensus on what poetry is; what and who it is for; what it is capable of and how we can discuss that in language with others. The writers have all engaged in these interviews with candor and enthusiasm and I am deeply grateful to them for their interest and support. Many of the questions I asked invariably set up binary oppositions, with the aim of inviting deconstructive comment by the poets; with the aim of doing away with the kind of either-ors, the binary myths, that stifle poetic practice and comment."—Andy Brown, Editor

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