Eleanor Wachtel interviews Douglas Kearney
In this exclusive interview with CBC’s Eleanor Wachtel, 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize international winner Douglas Kearney delves into how hip-hop and Black vernacular traditions have …
Ian Williams interviews Tolu Oloruntoba
[Observation] has been a way to document my own landscape, my own past, and see if I can understand why I am the way I …
Ian Williams interviews Liz Howard
Writing this letter enabled me to grapple with the grief and the immensity of the circumstances that I found myself in. Liz Howard In this …
Ian Williams interviews David Bradford
I was never too keen on writing about family, but there was an element of coming back to poetry a number of years ago that …
Paul Muldoon interviews Ed Roberson
I’m amazed at how much I like the architecture of poems…The shapes of poems actually say things and carry weight and meaning. Ed Roberson In …
Sarah Howe interviews Ali Kinsella and Dzvinia Orlowsky
Each line [in Natalka Bilotserkivets’ poetry] is very powerful, and each line turns the poem in a different direction. Dzvinia Orlowsky In this interview with …
Paul Muldoon interviews Douglas Kearney
I have a plan but the poem tells me, ‘Nah, don’t do that. Dream bigger, try something different.’ Douglas Kearney In this interview with Griffin …
Sarah Howe interviews Sharon Dolin and Gemma Gorga
Poetry is a democratic thing. Everyone is invited. Gemma Gorga In this interview with Griffin Trustee Sarah Howe, 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize International Finalists Sharon …