Poets in the Pandemic interview

"I was always reading. When I was very little, I read the Little Golden Books; I think we all did— people my age, anyway. I liked the Pippy Longstocking series, Nancy Drew and Robert Paul Smith, but my very favourite were the Mary Poppins books."

I was recently very fortunate to be interviewed by poet Lisa Mary Armstrong for her "Poets in the Pandemic" series. We chatted about everything from my childhood reading habits to how I got into poetry writing to who my favorite writers are, and advice I have for aspiring writers/poets. The piece also includes one of my poems, "Billie Jean King's Glasses," and a favorite poem of mine, which happens to be a song lyric.

It was a real pleasure, doing the interview, and you can read it here.  

"He said 'Form is a stand-in for inspiration' and I really liked that, and have discovered it to be totally true. When you’re forced into that box, it forces another part of your brain to start working."