The first real poet I got to know was my teacher for two weeks at the Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference, the summer I turned 18....
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Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Rachel Eliza Griffiths
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? I’m rereading...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Tanaya Winder
How do you practice self-care when writing about difficult subject matter? I breathe. I run outside along the creek with foot to pavement, on dirt,...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Sade Murphy
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? I’m in...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Hayan Charara
How do you practice self-care when writing about difficult subject matter? When I’m writing about a rough experience, I try to get into it deeper...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Melissa Studdard
What’s the earliest experience, or a stand-out experience, you can remember that made you realize that you can be yourself, write as yourself, and write...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Rio Cortez
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? I’ve been...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Lauren Russell
What do you think is the most significant impact social media has had on the poetry world recently? At the same time that social media...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Lauren Yates
Do you feel that your writing is necessarily assumed to be autobiographical? How do you feel about this assumption? The vast majority of my writing is...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Natalie Eilbert
What have you been reading, watching, or listening to lately? What new or emerging writer do you want the world to know about? I only...