Comments on: A Request for Interview Requests (plus 2 notes)

By: Gary Gach

Gary Gach — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:20:59 +0000

In your vicinity :
Aram Saroyan ; Paul Vangelisti

By: Nova Sage

Nova Sage — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:56:40 +0000

Dangit, I’ve been caught in the act of laziness again. Thanks for the link, Tim. Looks like a great book!

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:16:49 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions, Nova. Ilya would be great; I don’t know why I haven’t thought of him yet. Yusef already did, check out our interview book:
http://www.rattle.com/conversations.htm

By: Nova Sage

Nova Sage — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:24:28 +0000

Yusef Komunyakaa, Ilya Kaminsky, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Joshua Weiner, John Bensko, Moira Egan

By: Lois

Lois — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:55:41 +0000

Joseph Stroud

By: Stone Poet

Stone Poet — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:41:56 +0000

Now that I’ve sampled Bill Knott’s poetry (and laughed out loud at the rejection slips–some of which I hold identical copies), I agree with you, Tim. By all means, Bill, acquiesce–give the damned interview. I’d like to hear (as well as the rest of the jagged line platoon) what you have to say!
Trish Lindsey Jaggers

By: Stone Poet

Stone Poet — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:52:22 +0000

Try for Maurice Manning (A Companion for Owls and Bucolics) and W.S. Merwin (too many to list).
I’ve met and spoken with both of these fine poets (at different times, of course), and having a pair of interviews with these two–separated in age by decades–would make for a splendid Rattle issue.

Merwin gives fabulous interviews. (I can send you a digital copy of one he did for Spalding in Fall 06.) Manning is also a great interviewee–warm, funny, personable.

Good luck!
Trish Lindsey Jaggers

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:09:54 +0000

Bill Knott is a rock star. An interview with him would be a huge coup and very interesting, given both of your recent blog posts.

As for shades of formalism, I just came across Troy Jollimore on Poetry Daily and I would be interested to hear more from him. (Aren’t philosophers often such interesting poets?)

By: Colin Ward

Colin Ward — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:42:06 +0000

I love what you’re doing here, Tim.

I didn’t take time to read the “conditions of contest” for your list but if non-U.S. poets are eligible I’d certainly want to add Margaret A. Griffiths, Leonard Cohen and Michael Ondaatje.

By: Anoth R. Poet

Anoth R. Poet — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:40:46 +0000

A request of Bill Knott in his interview:

Bill, you wrote in a note in your poem, A SUITE FROM SUMMER/AUTUMN 2001:

“Futurism was the only Ism embraced by totalitarians of both the Left (Soviets) and Right (Italian Fascists). It continues to fascinate all kinds of dogmatists.”

Expand on this, if you could…

Also, wow! fantastic line -

“We will pay any price to maintain our selfish addiction to the first-person voice.”

Thanks for writing that Bill Knott.