Interview: The National Post

There’s a brief poetry-month interview with me up at the National Post’s book pages, Afterword. All the poets interviewed in the series so far (Stuart Ross, Anne Simpson, Zach Wells) have been asked the same questions, so you can get a sampling of personality types in the answers.

Who’s your favourite living poet — Canadian or otherwise — and why?

Geoffrey Hill is my favourite poet. He’s an Englishman living in Boston who’s quite possibly the greatest writer in the English language. He’s notoriously difficult and gleefully inaccessible. I find reading his poems like working on tough puzzles. I’m sure I don’t get all of his allusions, but I pride myself on those I do get.

Who’s one poet you pretend to know but in reality have never, ever read?

Ken Babstock (just kidding, Ken).

News: Profile in Eye Magazine

There’s a short piece on me in Eye, Toronto’s alt weekly. Aside from one rather large error (can you spot it?), it’s quite a nice, friendly little profile. I read at the Art Bar on Tuesday and it was very successful. I can’t remember the last time I saw a poet sell more than one or two books at the Art Bar, but I sold 10! I’ll be back in Toronto for IFOA in October. If you couldn’t make it out to the Art Bar, and even if you did, hopefully I’ll see you there.

Interview: Inkwell

Something called Inkwell Newswatch interviewed me recently. In fact, my ugly mug takes up most of the “cover“. Included is a short excerpt from The Rush to Here. Thanks to the folks there for asking.

Interview: Segment on CBC One’s Afternoon Show “Q”

I appeared last week on CBC’s afternoon arts and culture show Q with Jian Gomeshi, as part of an interview about my literary blog Bookninja and my poetry. You can here the interview excerpted in the third part of this mp3 podcast (audio). It was a pleasant experience though we talked much more about Bookninja than poetry, but this is how things go these days.

Interview: Northern Poetry Review

There’s an interview with me up at the Northern Poetry Review. Also in this issue are poems by Brenda Schmidt and an essay by Zach Wells. Another review is upcoming in a future issue of Contemporary Verse 2.