Andy Fitch interviews Dawn Lundy Martin about her books "Discipline" and "Life in a Box Is a Pretty Life."
Dialogue Diary > Press People
Since completing Sixty Morning Talks in 2013 (and seeing contemporary poetry increasingly shaped by political activism, social-media exchanges, performative affiliations of various sorts), I have sensed my reading practice shift away from an emphasis on individual texts and authors, towards an emphasis on collaborative literary communities. By focusing on Nightboat Books (respected for its heterodox output, both of new and reissued work, by a highly diversified array of authors), my recent literary interviews have examined the ongoing evolution of one progressive small press seeking to promote poetic plurality. Using Nightboat’s first 10 years as framing device for a comprehensive oral-history project, this “Press People” series has greatly expanded my sense of what might constitute a well-timed interview. Why should interviewers feel bound to discuss “new” (and presumably, for this reason, more exciting) books, especially within the noncommercial realm of poetry? Who actually picks what they want to read next that way? By Andy Fitch.
The Pure Aspects Are Further Away: Talking to Joshua Kryah
Andy Fitch talks to Joshua Kryah about his collection, "Glean."
Just a Draft on the Wall Might Interest Me: Talking to Michael Burkard
Andy Fitch talks to poet Michael Burkard about his poetry collections, old and new.
Nearness as the End of Definition: Talking to Christina Davis
Andy Fitch interviews Christina Davis about her poetry collection "An Ethic."
The Black Pages, the White Script, the Maps, the Constellations: Talking to Caroline Bergvall
Andy Fitch interviews Caroline Bergvall about "Meddle English" and "Drift."
Conceptual Idylls: Talking to Brian Blanchfield
Andy Fitch talks to Brian Blanchfield about his book "A Several World."
To Be Thrown Against the Brick Wall of History: Talking to Nathanaël
Andy Fitch interviews writer and translator Nathanaël.
A Fiction, But at the Same Time it Exists: Talking to Laura Moriarty
Andy Fitch interviews Laura Moriarty about her book-length essay "A Tonalist" and subsequent collection "Who that Divines."
Only Something that Is Possible Afterwards: Talking to Melissa Buzzeo
Andy Fitch interviews Melissa Buzzeo, author of "The Devastation."
The Space of Lived Time in the Prose Line: Talking to Jessica Fisher
Andy Fitch interviews Jessica Fisher about "Inmost," winner of the Nightboat Poetry Prize.