A.J. Collins
A. J. Collins was raised in coastal North Carolina. He earned his MFA at the University of California, Irvine. His current work-in-progress is supported by a Schaeffer Fellowship from the International Institute of Modern Letters, and he teaches in the undergraduate creative writing program at the University of Maine, Farmington.
Posted on June 6, 2006 6:50 AM
- Diamond
- But to say
- Prosthesis
- A.J. Collins Q&A on how he became interested in poetry
- A.J. Collins Q&A recalls the first poem he ever revised
- A.J. Collins Q&A on his writing time
- A.J. Collins Q&A on the obstacles to becoming a poet
- A.J. Collins Q&A on the pleasures of writing
- A.J. Collins Q&A on the formal strategy of his poem, Romance
- A.J. Collins Q&A on the genesis of his poem, Prosthesis
- A.J. Collins Q&A on determining what form a poem will take
- A.J. Collins Q&A on his favorite poem
- A.J. Collins Q&A on a poem he wishes he'd written
- A.J. Collins Q&A on reading poems aloud when he writes
- A.J. Collins Q&A on the experience of hearing a poem
- A.J. Collins Q&A on the literary value of the spoken word
- A.J. Collins Q&A recommends two poets
- A.J. Collins Q&A on his current writing project
- A.J. Collins Q&A with thoughts about From the Fishouse
- A.J. Collins Q&A with advice to young writers
- A.J. Collins Q&A with thoughts about how Fishouse might better succeed
- A.J. Collins