The Verse Book Of Interviews: 27 Poets On Language, Craft & Culture

In-depth interviews with poets have been a popular feature of "Verse" magazine-and this volume collects many favorites, along with new interviews commissioned for this collection. The poets represent a wide range of aesthetics, ethnicities and politics. Although a particular focus of the book is emerging and innovative American poets, the collection also features interviews with Australian, Scottish, Irish, Czech, Slovenian and Kashmiri poets, as well as established American poets such as Hayden Carruth and Charles Wright. A vital record of contemporary poetry and an engaging read.

Brian Henry's poetry collections include "Graft," "American Incident" and "Astronaut," and he is the editor of "On James Tate,"

Andrew Zawacki is the author of "Anabranch" and "By Reason of Breakings," co-translator of Ales Debeljak's "Arrow's Shadow" and an editor of "Verse" since 1995.