At BOMBLOG: Arda Collins on Light, Time, Guns, Childhood… January 30, 2012: In "Dusk: An interview," Courtney B. Maum at BOMBLOG gets at "the claustrophobic aspect" of the poetry of Arda Collins, whose work has "illuminated the pages of The New Yorker, The American Poetry Review, and jubilat, among others. Currently, she’s a Doctoral candidate at the University of Denver where she’s working on a new manuscript of [...] by Harriet Staff

A Goat in the Snow in Poetry Paradise January 12, 2012: The Tin House blog features an interview with Northampton poet Emily Pettit, one of the many inspiring forces behind the Western Massachusetts poetry scene. Drew Swenhaugen asks Pettit about the literary organization Flying Object (founded by her brother Guy Pettit), her new book, Goat in the Snow, as well as Pettit's Factory Hollow Press and [...] by Harriet Staff

“Is / anyone alive?” Please Read This Interview with Kim Hyesoon January 5, 2012: "The Female Grotesque" is a seriously great interview with South Korean poet Kim Hyesoon -- read it all here at Guernica. More about her, from Ruth Williams: [F]or Kim Hyesoon, poetry engages directly in a political struggle in which Korean women articulate a “new voice” that allows them to inhabit multiple and fluid identities free [...] by Harriet Staff

Ariana Reines Talks About Her New Book Mercury January 3, 2012: "Three falls ago," after a rush of interest in Ariana Reines, student and poet Carina Finn's Christmas wishlist included every book by the author. "Because my mother has always bought me any book I have asked for without question, I did get these books for Christmas and I spent all of winter break that year reading them and re-reading them." [...] by Harriet Staff

Unconventional Ways of Knowing: Dawn Lundy Martin Interviewed at Best American Poetry December 16, 2011: Dawn Lundy Martin, author of the excellent Discipline, has been interviewed for The Best American Poetry blog. Jericho Brown admits that the conversation might be a love-fest, writing "I hear tell that listening to some folks talk about going to Cave Canem can get as boring as listening to angels talk about heaven." But they discuss much more, [...] by Harriet Staff

Perfect Subject: Marfa Book Company’s Tim Johnson December 16, 2011: Canarium Books' Joshua Edwards has interviewed Marfa Book Company's Tim Johnson for Poetry Society of America, and it's aces. You might know the small town of Marfa, Texas as an art hub, but Johnson is pushing the poetry hard. He might be the Guy Pettit of the Southwest? And he certainly believes in bricks and mortar: There's that [...] by Harriet Staff

Different Styles: Solid Objects in The Brooklyn Rail December 13, 2011: Poet and translator Lisa Lubasch and writer and Fence poetry editor Max Winter have been interviewed in the current issue of The Brooklyn Rail about their newborn press, Solid Objects. So far so good: "Their trio of debut offerings includes Jim Shepard’s 56-page novella Master of Miniatures, Mac Wellman’s drama, Left Glove, of equal page [...] by Harriet Staff

Interview with Susan Briante December 9, 2011: David Hadbawnik interviewed Susan Briante, and you can read it at Primitive Information. The conversation touches on such things as Capitalism, Russian Formalism, Sex, and cloning Janet Holmes. See: Finally, this is your second book with Ahsahta, after Pioneers in the Study of Motion several years ago. That kind of relationship with a press [...] by Harriet Staff

Flying Object in Conversation with Bateau Press December 9, 2011: The next feature in Flying Object's "The Machinations Of" series is an interview with Bateau Press editors Ashley Schaffer and James Grinwis. Here's a snippet. Fly on over for the rest. Who do you imagine your ideal reader to be? Well, anyone who can read! We really strive to have an eclectic body of work in each issue. This word is [...] by Harriet Staff

Matthew Zapruder in Conversation with Ryan Van Winkle, Podcast Style December 7, 2011: Check this out: Matthew Zapruder on the Scottish Library podcast, discussing poetry, OWS, and reading a poem. by Harriet Staff