Poetry/Literature

Anecdotal Evidence that Dogs Dig Poetry: An Interview with Galway Kinnell

Friday, July 3rd, 2015

In which the late poet recites his favorite poetry and discusses poetic relativity, the benefits of the solitary life, and his putative legacy. Interrupting Infinity exclusive content.

“Wishing Well” by Gregory Pardlo

Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

Third Party Poetry: Reprinted with permission of Four Way Books.

Holding Hands with a Stranger: An Interview with Gregory Pardlo

Monday, June 22nd, 2015

2015 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner Gregory Pardlo, author of Digest (2014) and Totem (2007), discusses race, the African American literary canon, and why he writes. Interrupting Infinity exclusive content.

Poet Marie Ponsot: Putting the Body Into It

Sunday, March 10th, 2013

St.-L’s interview with Marie Ponsot, winner of the 2013 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, in the Brooklyn Rail.

Twenty Questions for Poet Robert Pinsky

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

St.-L’s exclusive interview with the three-time U.S. Poet Laureate about, inter alia, jazz, the sound of popcorn, pleasing dead poets, and “the golden bell.”

Alphabetical Poetry Index

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

Soon: thematic and first line indices.