Ruth Awad 11/21/17 Ruth Awad 11/21/17

Allison Titus: What Resilience Is

Poet Allison Titus on fostering pugs, veganism, and writing with conviction.

Ruth Awad 9/26/17 Ruth Awad 9/26/17

Gretchen Marquette: The Last Time We Were Strangers

Poet Gretchen Marquette on her life-making relationship with her dog Lucy, the creative process, Rumi's love dogs, and what animals have taught her about vulnerability.

Ruth Awad 6/6/17 Ruth Awad 6/6/17

Susannah Nevison: Renaming the Body

Poet Susannah Nevison on her pup Ella May, how her poems aim to resist typical disability narratives, and how animals help her tell that story.

Ruth Awad 4/11/17 Ruth Awad 4/11/17

J.P. Grasser: Wildness & The Indescribable Realm

Poet J.P. Grasser on his dog Gus: "When I’ve lost myself to the pure pleasure of writing, Gus happily reminds me of all the multitudinous joy & pain & love & suffering going on, at that very minute, in the space outside the margins."

Ruth Awad 11/14/16 Ruth Awad 11/14/16

Daniel M. Shapiro: Rules You Never Considered Breaking

Poet Daniel M. Shapiro on his pupper Pepper, how a poem has changed his mind before, how he makes editorial decisions, and why he avoids writing about certain topics.

Ruth Awad 10/31/16 Ruth Awad 10/31/16

Megan Peak: Something Other than Myself

Poet Megan Peak on self care, bridging the gap between thesis and manuscript, and poetry's role in effecting social change.

Ruth Awad 10/3/16 Ruth Awad 10/3/16

Fox Frazier-Foley: What You're Given, What You Use

Fox Frazier-Foley on rescuing her dogs, building a community as a writer, what a successful political poem doesn't do, and how editors can be more inclusive.

Ruth Awad 8/29/16 Ruth Awad 8/29/16

Carrie Murphy: Big Dirty Hearts

Carrie Murphy on how to write with humor and purposeful abandon, why pop culture is a necessary touchstone in poetry, and how feminism guides her life and work.

Ruth Awad 8/15/16 Ruth Awad 8/15/16

Emilia Phillips: A Lesson in Joy

Emilia Phillips discusses the wordless bond between her and her dog Grady, the humanness of dogs, and how to find an occasion of joy.

Ruth Awad 8/1/16 Ruth Awad 8/1/16

Candace Williams: The Art of Looking

Poet Candace Williams talks about how her dog Madonna has influenced her writing, what a poet's job is, and how observation and documentation can be a radical act.

Ruth Awad 7/5/16 Ruth Awad 7/5/16

James Dunlap: The Briefness of the World

James Dunlap on why art is an inevitable byproduct of dog companionship and how caring for animals taught him how to engage with his father.

Ruth Awad 6/27/16 Ruth Awad 6/27/16

Rachel Mennies: Interrogating Our Animalness

Rachel Mennies talks about the subtle and dynamic ways her dog Otto has shifted her worldview, his wagging presence in and around her poems, and how animals help us understand ourselves.