6 The very cool Kate has an interview up with me at http://www.kickingwind.com/82006.html, where she has been interviewing poets about their first books. I’ve been following the interviews avidly for a while now, so I felt honored to be in the other poets’ company. I do think I sound much less sophisticated than the other poets. Read if you dare! (Warning: Anyone claiming there’s no such thing as robots may be a robot themselves.)
Jeannine Hall Gailey served as the second Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington and the author of Becoming the Villainess, She Returns to the Floating World, Unexplained Fevers, The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, and winner of the Moon City Press Book Prize and SFPA’s Elgin Award, Field Guide to the End of the World. Her latest, Flare, Corona from BOA Editions, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She’s also the author of PR for Poets, a Guidebook to Publicity and Marketing. Her work has been featured on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily and The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and JAMA.
Gerald Huml
Just a quick comment to say I enjoyed reading your interview. It gave me some things to think about since I am getting a first book together.
Matthew Thorburn
Hi Jeannine, I just wanted to say I really enjoyed your interview. I’m going to go find a copy of your book. All best, Matt Thorburn
Suzanne
Wonderful interview!
Radish King
Great interview, Jeannine!
jeannine
Thanks Gerald! The whole series of interviews is really interesting and helpful – I wish it had been around when I was first thinking of putting a book together.
Matt – Thanks! I appreciate it! Suzanne – thanks! and thanks for the link on your blog!
R – I was inspired by your example, you know!
Peter
Fun interview, Jeannine. I an totally with you on the euphoria-depression cycles. And love the crow comment.