Poetry Northwest Q&A

Poetry Northwest published a Q&A with me yesterday (May 23).

I'm still processing this. In my mind Poetry Northwest is the Washington Post.

I’m happy to say, the interview captures a few of the things that are near and dear to my poetry practice: My desire to push back against the idyllic, anti-urban notion of “uncontaminated” authenticity (both the right wing reactionary MAGA version …and the left wing ascetic version) ; my mini-history of today’s new urbanism in the context of both its feminist roots in Jane Jacobs and Rachel Carson, and its throughline from the 1960s underground press to my alt-weekly experience in the late 1990s and 2000s ; my interest in urban planning concepts such as “desire lines;” and my wide-eyed interest in Greek mythology.

It's hard not to sound a bit loopy when you talk about poetry, so please enjoy the loopiness. Here's some: "Poetry gives you the room to explore these weird juxtapositions where you’re talking about a transit-oriented development, and you’re simultaneously talking about Athena. She rides a chariot, and we’re riding a bullet train."