In Conversation
In Conversation with Ryan Van Winkle
We talk to Ryan Van Winkle, the new Artistic Director for StAnza
Letters on the Centenary of Harmonium
Paul Stephenson and Lisa Kelly exchange letters on the poetry of Wallace Stevens
The cutty’s goistering
The Friday Poem talks to poet and gardener Jackie Wills
Unicorn flavour
We talk to Aaron Kent, poet, editor, and publisher of Broken Sleep Books
Poetry and Everyday Sexism
We talk to Kim Moore about everyday sexism, her recent Forward prize-winning poetry collection All the Men I Never Married, and her new collection of lyric essays Are You Judging Me Yet?
The difficult visiting times
Philip Gross discusses writing poetry about his family in The Wasting Game and Deep Field, the importance of self-knowledge, and what makes a 'good' poem
We have to find the right authors and the right commercial strategy to recover. It may take us five years
The Frip talks to Chris Hamilton-Emery, poet and director of Salt Publishing, about the new Salt Modern Poets list, building readerships, and writing every day "without hope and without despair"
Vivat Mariscat
The Friday Poem talks to Hamish Whyte of Mariscat Press about current Scottish Galvanisers, the timidity of contemporary review culture, and to blurb or not to blurb
We punch above our weight and compete with the big five
The Friday Poem talks to Zoë Brigley and Rhian Edwards, the new Poetry Editors at Seren Books
Gathering flowers
In Conversation: The Friday Poem talks to Kathryn Gray and Andrew Neilson, founders and editors of digital poetry journal Bad Lilies
Inside iamb
The Friday Poem talks to Mark Antony Owen, founder and editor of poet directory and quarterly journal iamb