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InterviewsJehanne Dubrow Interview
“My poems were asserting that the military spouse has a right to speak and that her contact with war, while…
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InterviewsJ.D. McClatchy
“Poems clarify or surprise, move or excite, perplex or explain. At their best, they deepen our understanding of human life…
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InterviewsRick Barot
“I do feel that the poem ought to be able to exist separately from the artwork that inspired it. The artwork…
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InterviewsOcean Vuong
“We are all writing towards and against dominant histories, whether consciously or not. “ Ocean Vuong is the author…
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InterviewsSolmaz Sharif
“When it comes to the language of the powerful, I have zero qualms in reclaiming maimed language. My goal…
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What is Lightbox?
Welcome to Lightbox, a new online educational resource for students and teachers of poetry.
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InterviewsTyehimba Jess
“I believe I have the ownership to write about anything that I want. However, I also have the obligation…
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InterviewsPhillip B. Williams
“…witness for me is the audacity to live and write during these times where my having breath frightens people”…
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InterviewsTarfia Faizullah
“I was a shy child who saw early that there are, and have always been, many worlds inside this…
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InterviewsDavid Yezzi
“The question for me is not ‘What is the poem about?’ but, rather, ‘Can you dance to it?’” David Yezzi…
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InterviewsJamaal May
“The secret to being a good reader is to avoid performing.” Jamaal May is the author Hum (Alice James…
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InterviewsC. Dale Young
“In life, there is mystery. The mysteries are no more profound in medicine than in poetry. I question, and…
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InterviewsEmilia Phillips
“In my poems, that’s exactly what I want to create: a land on which to walk and a body…
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InterviewsJericho Brown
“Writing poetry has probably been the best teacher for me learning to pray.” Jericho Brown is the recipient of…
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InterviewsMalachi Black
“Poems and prayers both endeavor…to celebrate, investigate, mourn, or heal the mystery of existence.” Malachi Black is the author…
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InterviewsCarl Phillips
“I’ve always thought of them, of the poems, as being very private investigations and negotiations of a space that…
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InterviewsKim Addonizio
“We write poems to woo those we love (including those we’ll never meet…)” Kim Addonizio was born in Washington,…
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InterviewsA.E. Stallings
“Rhyme doesn’t bite. Ignore anyone who tells you rhyme (or meter or sonnets etc.) is against the rules.” A.E.…
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InterviewsErica Dawson
“Playing with sound like that keeps a poem on its toes. But, for me, it can’t only be about…
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InterviewsRickey Laurentiis
“The irony is that, at least for me, it’s only distance that grants the clarity necessary to be able…
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InterviewsMaurice Manning
“I simply want to make the claim that the mind is formed by the shape of the land, by…
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InterviewsMary Jo Salter
“To me, writing is nothing but risk. I don’t want to glamorize it, but every move a poet makes,…
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Welcome to Lightbox Poetry
Now that school is back underway, it’s time for another issue of Lightbox Poetry! This time, we feature the…
