New Interview at Poemeleon and New Horizons
There’s a new interview with me up for the Habitual Poet at Poemeleon here:
Interview with Jeannine Hall Gailey
Had a good visit with my folks, with perfect NorCal weather, vines turning red, lots of wine tasting and touring parks in the sun, going out and looking at the Harvest-est moon. My Dad actually read Reb’s two-part talk about poetry publishing and we talked about the business models of poetry presses. I’ve talked about starting a press for a long time but haven’t quite gotten around to it yet, mostly because of the financial difficulties of it.
Glenn was successful in finding us a new apartment back up in Seattle, kind of out-in-the-countryish – it’s a little cheaper the farther you get from the city, of course – but a nice-looking, newish place. We’re hoping to settle down and buy sometime in the next couple of years; if you follow my blog, you’ll see we’ve moved so much that you might wonder if I have some kind of addiction to the act of moving, but no, we’re just looking for a good place to call home.
I’m reading in San Francisco a week or so before we move at Litquake on October 9, so let me know if you want to get together while I’m in the city!
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.Ā Her latest,Ā 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.
Reb
Wow, I doubt my dad read those pieces. So did your dad try to dissuade you from ever starting a poetry press? My family just assumes I’m a business idiot and could make money if I was smarter. š
Jeannine
No, my parents are pretty supportive, though he wanted me to write up a business plan in which a poetry press makes money. I’m like, I don’t think that they do? You just have to try to not lose money.
Reb
I think that business plan would have to include something in addition to poetry — like selling cupcakes, in order for it to be viable. š
Karen J. Weyant
I worked for a small press about 10 years ago — the editor/owner was happy that he only lost $300 a year. It’s a labor of love (especially the first few years!)
Lana A
Great interview, Jeannine. Love tha advice about reading out of your comfort zone. I would probably be an R myself.
I am so excited about the prospect of your move home–I mean Washington of course! Also excited we can do readings together from our new collections.
Jessie Carty
I dream of visiting PAC-NW at some point. Enjoy the trip home!