Poets Q & A:
From the Fishouse is designed to be, in part, a resource for teachers and students of contemporary poetry. What better way to learn about poetry than from the mouths of those who practice the art? Listen to poets talk about writing, the writing process, and about particular poems featured here at the Fishouse. Below are links to almost 500 audio files of poets talking about their craft, arranged by author. These Q&A files can also be accessed through the individual poets' Fishouse pages.
- A.J. Collins Q&A on a poem he wishes he'd written
- A.J. Collins Q&A on determining what form a poem will take
- A.J. Collins Q&A on his current writing project
- A.J. Collins Q&A on his favorite poem
- A.J. Collins Q&A on his writing time
- A.J. Collins Q&A on how he became interested in poetry
- 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 formal strategy of his poem, Romance
- A.J. Collins Q&A on the genesis of his poem, Prosthesis
- A.J. Collins Q&A on the literary value of the spoken word
- 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 recalls the first poem he ever revised
- A.J. Collins Q&A recommends two poets
- A.J. Collins Q&A with advice to young writers
- A.J. Collins Q&A with thoughts about From the Fishouse
- A.J. Collins Q&A with thoughts about how Fishouse might better succeed
- Adrian Blevins Q&A with some advice to young writers
- Adrian Matejka Q&A on his Looking for The Cantos in Texas
- Adrian Matejka Q&A on his new manuscript
- Adrian Matejka Q&A on his poem Battle Rhyme
- Adrian Matejka Q&A on rap music and contemporary poetry
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil Q&A on her favorite writing time
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil Q&A on two poets Fishouse visitors should explore
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil Q&A on her current project.
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil Q&A on the first poem she ever wrote
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil Q&A on the genesis of her poem Marie Laveau, Queen of Voodoo
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil Q&A with some advice to young writers.
- Alexander Long Q&A on determining form
- Alexander Long Q&A on lines he wishes he'd written
- Amaud Jamaul Johnson Q&A on his early influences
- Amaud Jamaul Johnson Q&A on his first poem
- Amaud Jamaul Johnson Q&A on his writing process
- Andrew Kozma Q&A on the form of "Too Steep to Climb"
- Andrew Kozma Q&A with advice for young writers
- Anne Marie Macari Q&A on difficult obstacles to being a poet
- Anne Marie Macari Q&A on how she became interestsed in poetry
- Anne Marie Macari Q&A on the genesis of her poem Mary's Blood
- Anne Shaw Q&A on a current poetry project
- Anne Shaw Q&A on reading aloud when she writes
- Anthony Deaton Q&A on the beginnings of his poems
- Anthony Deaton Q&A on translation
- Anthony Deaton Q&A on two poets who have influence him
- April Ossmann Q&A how to listen to poetry
- April Ossmann Q&A on a poem she wishes she'd written
- April Ossmann Q&A on form
- April Ossmann Q&A on her poetry beginnings
- April Ossmann live audience Q&A
- Aracelis Girmay Q&A on her writing time
- Aracelis Girmay Q&A on working aloud
- Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis Q&A on a current project
- Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis Q&A on her introduction to poetry
- Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis Q&A on the genesis of Fernando Pessoa, I Salute You All!
- Barbara Jane Reyes Q&A on Tenderly
- Barbara Jane Reyes Q&A on her current project
- Barbara Jane Reyes Q&A on two poets
- Brian Turner Q&A on being an "embedded poet" in Iraq
- Brian Turner Q&A with the audience at Bowdoin College, November 29, 2005
- Camille T. Dungy & Ravi Shankar Q&A on their collaborative poem
- Camille T. Dungy Q&A answers an audience question about being a young black writer
- Camille T. Dungy Q&A answers an audience question about writing in high school
- Camille T. Dungy Q&A answers an audience question about writing other than poetry
- Camille T. Dungy Q&A on her Daisy Cutter series
- Camille T. Dungy Q&A on the form of black spoon
- Camille T. Dungy Q&A on the genesis of Requiem
- Camille T. Dungy Q&A on the genesis of She Likes the Moving Things Best, and on her current project
- Camille-Yvette Welsch Q&A talks about a poem she wishes she'd written
- Camille-Yvette Welsch Q&A talks about how she became interested in poetry
- Camille-Yvette Welsch Q&A talks about the genesis of her poems Big Pussy and Scientific Inquiry
- Carey McHugh on her poem "The Farrier"
- Carey McHugh on reading her poems aloud when she writes
- Carey Salerno Q&A on a poem she wishes she'd written
- Carey Salerno Q&A on determining the form a poem will take
- Carey Salerno Q&A on her greatest obstacle to becoming a poet
- Carrie Jerrell Q&A on her series of wedding sonnets
- Carrie Jerrell Q&A on reading her poems aloud when she writes
- Carrie Jerrell Q&A on the genesis of her poem "The Poet Prays to Her Radio for a Country Song"
- Cate Marvin Q&A talks about her favorite writing time
- Cate Marvin Q&A talks about her greatest obstacle to becoming a poet
- Cate Marvin Q&A talks about the first poems she ever wrote
- Catherine Barnett Q&A on the pleasure and pain of writing
- Catherine Barnett Q&A recommends two poets
- Chad Davidson Q&A on a poem he wishes he'd written
- Chad Davidson Q&A on hearing and reading poems
- Chad Davidson Q&A on his writing time
- Charles Flowers Q&A on the genesis of his triptych
- Chris Dombrowski Q&A on a poem he wishes he'd written
- Chris Dombrowski Q&A on the genesis of a poem
- Christian Barter Q&A talks about a poem he wishes he'd written
- Christian Barter Q&A talks about his current project
- Christian Barter Q&A talks about his greatest obstacle in becoming a poet
- Christian Barter Q&A talks about his special writing time
- Christian Barter Q&A talks about how he became interested in poetry
- Christian Barter Q&A talks about how he determines the form a poem will take
- Christian Barter Q&A talks about the first poem he ever wrote
- Christian Barter Q&A talks about the formal strategy of his poem The Singers I Prefer
- Christian Barter Q&A talks about the genesis of his poem, Band Camp
- Christian Barter Q&A talks about the most pleasurable and most painful aspects of writing
- Christian Barter Q&A with some advice for other young poets
- Christian Barter audience Q&A, Bates
- Connie Voisine Q&A on a current poetry project
- Connie Voisine Q&A on a poem she wishes she'd written
- Connie Voisine Q&A with advice for young writers
- Curtis Bauer Q&A on his favorite aspect of writing
- Curtis Bauer Q&A on the genesis of A Fence Line Running Through It
- Curtis Bauer Q&A on two poets to explore
- Dan Albergotti Q&A recalls his first "good" poem
- Dan Albergotti Q&A recommends two poets
- Dan Albergotti Q&A with advice to young writers
- Dana Levin Q&A on her poem Ars Poetica
- Dana Levin Q&A on the first poem she ever wrote
- David Bruzina Q&A on one of his favorite poems
- David Bruzina Q&A talks about a current poetry project
- David Cappella Q&A on his poem "A Late Summer Day in New Haven"
- David Cappella Q&A on his poem "After the Vision of Her Face"
- David Cappella Q&A on his poem "Barometers"
- David Cappella Q&A on his poem "Certain Children in Central Park"
- David Cappella Q&A on his poem "Love like a stone"
- David Cappella Q&A on his poem "Self-interrogation under a Full Moon above Il Campo Santa Maria Formosa"
- David Cappella Q&A on his poem "The Clothespin"
- David Cappella Q&A on his poem "The Oyster"
- David Cappella Q&A on his poem "The Walnut"
- David Cappella Q&A with advice to young writers
- David Roderick Q&A on his most difficult obstacle to being a poet
- David Roderick Q&A on one of his favorite poems
- Diana Marie Delgado reads her favorite poem
- Diana Marie Delgado talks about a favorite line of poetry
- Dobby Gibson Q&A on how he became interested in poetry
- Dobby Gibson Q&A on the genesis of his poem Polar
- Dobby Gibson Q&A on the obstacles to becoming a poet
- Doug Van Gundy Q&A on becoming interested in poetry
- Doug Van Gundy Q&A on his poem "The Martyrdom of Saint Porcine"
- Doug Van Gundy Q&A on his writing time
- Doug Van Gundy Q&A on reading his poems aloud
- Doug Van Gundy Q&A with advice to young writers
- Douglas Kearney Q&A on form
- Douglas Kearney Q&A on reading his poems out loud
- Douglas Kearney Q&A on the genesis of Live/Evil
- Douglas Kearney Q&A recommends two poets
- Douglas Woodsum Q&A on becoming a poet
- Douglas Woodsum Q&A on the form of his poem Fourteener 279
- Douglas Woodsum Q&A on the genesis of his poem, Carving Your Future
- Elaine Sexton Q&A on Lower Manhattan Pantoum
- Elaine Sexton Q&A on the difficulties of becoming a poet
- Eliot Khalil Wilson Q&A on a formal strategy he employs in his poetry
- Eliot Khalil Wilson Q&A on a poem he wishes he'd written
- Eliot Khalil Wilson Q&A on his writing time
- Elizabeth Bradfield Q&A on her current poetry projects
- Elizabeth Bradfield Q&A on the finding From the Fishouse
- Elizabeth Bradfield Q&A on the genesis of three poems
- Elizabeth Volpe Q&A on coming to poetry
- Elizabeth Volpe Q&A on her poem "Scrabble"
- Elizabyth Hiscox Q&A on her poem The Pedestal
- Emily Warn Q&A on three of her poems
- Emmy Pérez Q&A on a few favorite lines
- Emmy Pérez Q&A on a poem that's been on her mind
- Emmy Pérez Q&A on the pleasures of writing
- Emmy Pérez Q&A with advice to young writers
- Erica Wright Q&A on a poem she wishes she'd written
- Erica Wright Q&A on the genesis of Taking a Punch
- Erika Meitner Q&A on her current project
- Erika Meitner Q&A on her poem Quisiera Declarar
- Erika Meitner Q&A on the first poem she ever wrote
- Erika Meitner Q&A on two poets she recommends
- Eugene Ostashevsky Q&A on his most recent poetry project
- Eugene Ostashevsky Q&A on the form of his poem The Unraveller
- Evie Shockley Q&A on the difficulty of writing poetry
- Evie Shockley Q&A on the formal strategy of her poems: london bridge, notes for the early journey, and you can say that again, billie
- Evie Shockley Q&A on two poets she recommends
- Gabriel Fried Audience Q&A, Bates College
- Gabriel Fried Q&A on reading his poems aloud
- Gabriel Fried Q&A on the genesis of Demeter, after
- Gabriel Welsch Q&A on Birthplace of Memorial Day
- Gabriel Welsch Q&A on his writing time
- Gabriel Welsch Q&A on two poets Fishouse visitors should explore
- Gabrielle Calvocoressi Q&A on how she became interested in writing poetry
- Gabrielle Calvocoressi Q&A recommends three poets to check out
- Gabrielle Calvocoressi on her poem At Last the New Arriving
- Geoffrey Brock Q&A on form
- Geoffrey Brock Q&A on the genesis of his poem The State of Virginia after Southampton: 1831
- Gibson Fay-LeBlanc Q&A on Oakland Work Crew
- Gibson Fay-LeBlanc Q&A on a poem he wishes he'd written
- Gibson Fay-LeBlanc Q&A on his writing time
- Gillian Kiley Q&A on her favorite poem
- Gillian Kiley Q&A on her students' reactions to Fishouse
- Gillian Kiley Q&A on reading her work out loud when she writes
- Gregory Pardlo Q&A discusses the dramatic tension of form and content
- Helen Wickes Q&A on the form of Narrativity
- Helen Wickes Q&A on the genesis of Grendel's Brother
- Helen Wickes Q&A on the structure of Cheerful Defense of the Realm
- Helen Wickes Q&A recommends two poets
- Henrietta Goodman Q&A on two of her favorite poems
- Henrietta Goodman Q&A with advice for young writers
- Hermine Pinson Q&A on the genesis of her poems
- Ilya Kaminsky Audience Q&A, Bowdoin College, February 2, 2006
- Ilya Kaminsky Q&A on the formal strategy of his poems
- Ilya Kaminsky Q&A on the need for clarity in poetry
- Ilya Kaminsky Q&A on the pleasure and pain of writing
- Ilya Kaminsky Q&A talks about the forms his poems take
- Ilya Kaminsky Q&A with some friendly advice for young writers
- James Hoch Q&A on a poem he wishes he'd written
- James Hoch Q&A recommends two poets
- Jane Hilberry Q&A talks about a poem she wishes she'd written
- Jane Hilberry Q&A talks about reading her poems out loud as she writes
- Jeffrey Thomson Q&A on how he became interested in poetry
- Jeffrey Thomson Q&A on the genesis of three poems
- Jeffrey Thomson Q&A with advice to young poets
- Jenn Habel Q&A on lines of poetry she wishes she'd written
- Jenn Habel Q&A on the genesis of her poem Thoreau Entered His Cabin Fifty Years Before Freud's First Mention of Transference
- Jennifer Kwon Dobbs Q&A on her poem "Libretto"
- Jennifer Kwon Dobbs Q&A on how she came to poetry
- Jennifer Kwon Dobbs Q&A recommends three poets
- John Olivares Espinoza Q&A Talks about a Future Project
- John Olivares Espinoza Q&A on His Writing Rituals
- John Olivares Espinoza Q&A on How He Became a Poet
- John Olivares Espinoza Q&A on the Genesis of Suicide (as if Napping During Twilight)
- John Olivares Espinoza Q&A on the Genesis of Wife and Child Leave Mr. Walton
- John Olivares Espinoza Q&A on the Obstacles to Becoming a Poet
- John Olivares Espinoza Q&A with Advice to Young Writers
- John Poch Q&A talks about a current writing project
- John Poch Q&A talks about the first poem he ever wrote
- John Struloeff Q&A on the genesis of his poem
- John Struloeff Q&A with advice for young writers
- Jon Pineda Q&A on his favorite writing time
- Jon Pineda Q&A with some advice to young writers
- Joshua Kryah Q&A on his verse drama, Closen
- Kate Northrop Q&A on how she became interested in poetry
- Kate Northrop Q&A on the genesis of three poems
- Kate Northrop Q&A with advice for students
- Kazim Ali Audience Q&A at Bowdoin College, October 19, 2006
- Kazim Ali Q&A on becoming a poet
- Kazim Ali Q&A on form
- Keetje Kuipers Q&A on the genesis of Diagnosis
- Keetje Kuipers Q&A with advice for young writers
- Ken Cormier Q&A on how he became interested in poetry
- Ken Cormier Q&A on the first poem he ever wrote
- Ken Cormier Q&A on the genesis of We're Sitting on Buildings
- Kevin Goodan Q&A on becoming interested in poetry
- Kevin Goodan Q&A on form
- Kevin Goodan Q&A on reading his poems aloud when he writes
- Kevin Goodan Q&A on the most pleasureable aspect of writing
- Kevin Goodan Q&A recommends three poets
- Kevin Goodan Q&A with advice for young writers
- Kyes Stevens Q&A on the genesis of two poems
- Kyle G. Dargan Q&A talks about formal structure in his poem...
- Kyle G. Dargan Q&A talks about his writing time
- Kyle G. Dargan Q&A talks about the most pleasurable and painful aspects of writing
- La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs Q&A recommends two poets
- La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs Q&A talks about her current project
- La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs Q&A talks about the first poem she ever wrote
- La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs Q&A talks about the form of her poem, gamelon
- La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs Q&A talks about the pleasure and pain of writing
- La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs Q&A with some advice to young writers
- Laura McCullough Q&A on a poem she wishes she'd written
- Laura McCullough Q&A on one of her favorite poems
- Laura McCullough Q&A recommends a poet
- Laura McCullough Q&A with advice for young writers
- Laura-Gray Street Q&A on revision
- Laura-Gray Street Q&A on the process of writing Recreation Center
- Lauri Conner Q&A on her current poetry project
- Lauri Conner Q&A on her poem How do you stop the hurt of needing to breathe?
- Lauri Conner Q&A on the first poem she ever wrote
- Lee Herrick Q&A on his writing time
- Lee Herrick Q&A on the genesis of Salvation
- Lee Sharkey Q&A on form
- Lee Sharkey Q&A on her poem "What the news won't tell"
- Lee Sharkey Q&A on her writing time
- Lee Sharkey Q&A reads her favorite poem
- Leslie McGrath Q&A discusses the genesis of her poem Corpus
- Leslie McGrath Q&A talks about becoming a poet and obstacles to becoming a poet
- Linda Susan Jackson Q&A talks about her writing time
- Linda Susan Jackson Q&A talks about the genesis and form of her poem, September 15, 1963
- Linda Susan Jackson Q&A talks about the genesis of her poetry
- Linda Susan Jackson Q&A talks about the most painful aspect of writing
- Linda Susan Jackson Q&A talks about the most pleasurable aspect of writing
- Linda Susan Jackson Q&A with some advice for young writers
- Lindsay Ahl Q&A on a poem she wishes she'd written
- Lindsay Ahl Q&A on her poem, Wolf
- Lucy Anderton Q&A on the Most Painful Aspect of Writing
- Lynne Thompson Q&A on determining form
- Lynne Thompson Q&A on her poem "She, Named P___ At Birth, Speaks To Me, Says"
- Lynne Thompson Q&A with advice for young writers
- Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon Q&A on her current project
- Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon Q&A on the genesis of her poem Poem for Amadou Diallo
- Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon Q&A on the pleasure and pain of writing
- Lytton Smith Q&A on his poem "Monster Theory"
- Lytton Smith Q&A on reading a poem vs hearing it
- Lytton Smith Q&A with advice to young writers
- M.L. Smoker Q&A on becoming a poet
- M.L. Smoker Q&A on her influences
- M.L. Smoker Q&A on her own favorite poem
- M.L. Smoker Q&A on the pleasure of writing
- Margo Berdeshevsky Q&A on a current project
- Margo Berdeshevsky Q&A on a line of poetry she wishes she'd written
- Margo Berdeshevsky Q&A on becoming interested in poetry
- Margo Berdeshevsky Q&A on the first poem she wrote
- Marie Harris Q&A on a favorite poem
- Marie Harris Q&A on her poem "Fish Crow"
- Marie Harris Q&A recommends two poets
- Mark Yakich Q&A on becoming interested in poetry
- Mark Yakich Q&A on his current project
- Matthew Dickman Q&A on his writing routine
- Matthew Dickman Q&A on becoming a poet
- Matthew Dickman Q&A on the genesis of Amigos
- Matthew Dickman Q&A with advice to young writers
- Matthew Lippman Q&A on reading his work aloud when he writes
- Matthew Lippman Q&A on the genesis of "Like Lizards"
- Matthew Lippman Q&A on the literary value of the spoken word
- Matthew Lippman Q&A with advice to young writers
- Matthew Shenoda Q&A on form
- Matthew Shenoda Q&A with advice to young writers
- Michael Dickman Q&A on poem length and line length
- Michael Dickman Q&A recommends two poets
- Michael McGriff Q&A recommends two poets
- Michael McGriff Q&A talks about the most pleasurable aspect of writing
- Michael Morse Q&A on how he became interested in poems
- Michael Morse Q&A on the poems he submitted to Fishouse
- Miranda Field Q&A on a poem she wishes she'd written
- Miranda Field Q&A on reading vs. hearing a poem
- Molly Peacock Q&A on her book The Second Blush
- Monica Ferrell QA on the genesis and formal structure of her poem, In the Rain
- Monica Ferrell QA with advice to young writers
- Oliver de la Paz Q&A on a current poetry project
- Oliver de la Paz Q&A on a poem he wishes he'd written
- Oliver de la Paz Q&A on the genesis of Aubade with Doves a Television and Fire
- Orlando White Q&A on the form a poem will take
- Orlando White Q&A on the genesis of his "i-j" poems
- Patrick Donnelly Q&A on a poem he wishes he'd written
- Patrick Donnelly Q&A on poetry's role in his life
- Patrick Donnelly Q&A on poetry's role in his life 2
- Patrick Phillips Q&A on form
- Patrick Phillips Q&A on his writing time
- Patrick Phillips Q&A on the first poem he ever wrote
- Patrick Phillips Q&A on writing out loud
- Patrick Rosal Audience Q&A, Bates College
- Patrick Rosal Q&A on form
- Patrick Rosal Q&A on the form of Uncommon Denominators
- Patrick Rosal Q&A on two poets Fishouse visitors should check out
- Patrick Rosal Q&A with advice to young writers
- Paul Guest Q&A on His Writing Rituals
- Paul Guest Q&A on a Poem He Wishes He'd Written
- Paul Guest Q&A on the Pleasure of Writing Poetry
- Paula Bohince Q&A on the genesis of her poem, Black Lamb
- Paula Bohince Q&A on the most pleasurable aspect of writing
- Philip Metres Q&A on hearing a poem aloud
- Philip Metres Q&A on his current project
- Philip Metres Q&A on his first poem
- Philip Metres Q&A on reading his poems aloud
- Philip Metres Q&A on the genesis of Ashberries: Letters
- Philip Metres Q&A on the obstacles to becoming a poet
- Poets Q & A
- Q&A Betsy Sholl on her poem "Doing Time"
- Q&A Betsy Sholl on her poems "Bass Line" and "Costal Bop"
- Q&A Betsy Sholl on reading versus hearing poetry
- Q&A Gerald Stern on his writing time
- Q&A Gerald Stern on the first poem he ever wrote
- Q&A Gerald Stern on the form a poem will take
- Q&A Ross Gay at Bowdoin College
- Q&A Sherwin Bistui at Colby College
- Questions for Q&A
- R. Erica Doyle Q&A on the genesis of Faggot
- R. Erica Doyle Q&A on the genesis of The Well-Groomed Otter
- R. Erica Doyle Q&A on the genesis of bodas de sangre
- R. Erica Doyle Q&A on the pleasure of writing
- R. Erica Doyle Q&A with advice to young writers
- Rachel M. Simon Q&A about the Fishouse
- Rachel M. Simon Q&A on her favorite poem
- Rachel M. Simon Q&A on the genesis of Condor Man
- Ravi Shankar Q&A on Hart Crane
- Ravi Shankar Q&A on his current project
- Ravi Shankar Q&A on revision
- Ravi Shankar Q&A with an ars poetica
- Raymond McDaniel Q&A Recommends Two Poets
- Reb Livingston Q&A talks about her current poetry project
- Reb Livingston Q&A talks about the obstacles to becoming a poet
- Rebecca Black Q&A on her greatest obstacle as a poet
- Rebecca Black Q&A talks about how she became interested in writing poetry
- Rebecca Black Q&A talks about the formal strategy of her poem, Cottonlandia
- Rebecca Black Q&A talks about the genesis of her poem, My Only Golem
- Reginald Harris Q&A on a current project
- Reginald Harris Q&A on form
- Rick Barot Q&A on the genesis of Two Video Installations
- Rick Barot Q&A recommends two poets
- Rick Noguchi Q&A on Form
- Rick Noguchi Q&A on Writing
- Robert Farnsworth Q&A on his poem Fiction
- Robert Farnsworth Q&A on reading aloud
- Robin Beth Schaer Q&A on becoming a poet
- Robin Beth Schaer Q&A on form in her writing
- Robin Beth Schaer Q&A on reading poetry aloud
- Rodger LeGrand Q&A recommends two poets
- Roger Bonair-Agard Q&A discusses form
- Roger Bonair-Agard Q&A on his current poetry projects
- Roger Bonair-Agard Q&A on the genesis and form of his poem, called: Eurydice
- Ross Gay Q&A on a stanza of poetry he wishes he'd written
- Ross Gay Q&A on his current writing project
- Ross Gay Q&A on his writing time
- Ross Gay Q&A on the genesis of his poem, Man Tries to Commit Suicide with a Crossbow
- Ross Gay Q&A recommends two poets
- Ross Gay live audience Q&A, Colby
- Ruth Ellen Kocher Q&A talks about her current project
- Ruth Ellen Kocher Q&A talks about her favorite writing time
- Ruth Ellen Kocher Q&A talks about poetry she wishes she'd written
- Sabrina Orah Mark Q&A on the form of her prose poems
- Sabrina Orah Mark Q&A with advice to young poets
- Sally Bliumis-Dunn Q&A on her poem "Father"
- Sally Bliumis-Dunn Q&A on the pleasure and pain of writing
- Sam Taylor Q&A talks about poetry he wishes he'd written
- Santee Frazier Q&A on determining form
- Santee Frazier Q&A on his poem "Eating Against a Wall"
- Sarah Gridley Q&A on how she became interested in poetry
- Sarah Gridley Q&A on the literary value of the spoken word
- Sarah Lindsay Q&A talks about her special writing time
- Sarah Lindsay Q&A with advice for young writers
- Sarah Manguso Q&A on how she became interested in writing
- Sarah Manguso Q&A with advice for young writers
- Sarah Messer Q&A discusses poetic form
- Sarah Messer Q&A discusses the formal strategy of her poem I am the Real Jesse James
- Sarah Messer Q&A discusses the most difficult aspect of becoming a poet
- Sarah Messer Q&A on a poem she wishes she'd written
- Sarah Messer Q&A on her current project
- Sarah Messer Q&A on how she became interested in poetry
- Sarah Messer Q&A on the first poem she ever wrote
- Sarah Messer Q&A recommends two poets
- Sarah Messer Q&A talks about her poem Animal Groom
- Sarah Messer Q&A talks about her writing time
- Sarah Messer Q&A talks about writing poetry versus writing prose
- Sarah Messer Q&A with some advice to young poets
- Sean Hill Q&A on the genesis of his poem "Uncle John"
- Sean Hill Q&A on the the formal strategy of "Distance Between Desires"
- Sean Singer Q&A on a poem he wishes he'd written
- Sean Singer Q&A on becoming a poet
- Sean Singer Q&A on form
- Sean Singer Q&A on his current project
- Sean Singer Q&A on on the genesis of his poem The Burghers of Calais
- Sean Singer Q&A on two poets Fishouse visitors should explore
- Sean Singer Q&A with some advice to young writers
- Sebastian Matthews Q&A on becoming a poet
- Sebastian Matthews Q&A on his composition process
- Sebastian Matthews Q&A on his poem Coming Into Lexington, Virginia
- Sebastian Matthews Q&A on morning lines
- Seth Michelson Q&A recommends two poets
- Sherwin Bitsui Q&A at Portland Public Library
- Sherwin Bitsui Q&A on the genesis of his poetry
- Stacey Lynn Brown Q&A on the evolution of her manuscript
- Stacey Lynn Brown Q&A on writing her first poem
- Stefanie Wortman Q&A on her poem "Reform, Missouri"
- Stefanie Wortman Q&A on her writing time
- Steve Scafidi Q&A on his poem The Bee of Was
- Steve Scafidi Q&A with advice to young writers
- Stuart Greenhouse Q&A on formal strategy
- Stuart Greenhouse Q&A on the pleasurable and painful aspects of writing
- Suzanne Cleary Q&A on her poem, Anyways
- Suzanne Cleary Q&A on her writing process
- Suzanne Cleary Q&A on staying in love with poetry
- Suzanne Wise Q&A on her poem Autobiography
- Suzanne Wise Q&A on reading her work aloud
- Terry L. Kennedy Q&A recommends other Fishouse poets
- Terry L. Kennedy Q&A talks about form
- Terry L. Kennedy Q&A talks about obstacles to becoming a poet
- Terry L. Kennedy Q&A with advice to young writers
- Thorpe Moeckel Q&A on his obstacles to becoming a poet
- Thorpe Moeckel Q&A on his poetry beginnings
- Thorpe Moeckel Q&A on his writing ritual
- Thorpe Moeckel Q&A on how he came to poetry
- Thorpe Moeckel Q&A on the goal of his new book
- Thorpe Moeckel Q&A on what he learned writing his new book
- Thorpe Moeckel Q&A with advice to readers apprehensive about poetry
- Tom Thompson Q&A on his favorite poem
- Tom Thompson Q&A on reading his poems aloud as he writes
- Tony Barnstone Q&A on a current project
- Tony Barnstone Q&A on obstacles to becoming a poet
- Tony Barnstone Q&A on the contemporary sonnet
- Tony Barnstone Q&A on the form of Commandments
- Tony Barnstone Q&A on the genesis of three poems
- Tracy K. Smith Q&A on becoming a poet
- Tracy K. Smith Q&A on the genesis of The Nobodies
- Tracy K. Smith Q&A on the pleasure and the pain of writing
- Tracy K. Smith Q&A with advice to young writers
- Tracy K. Smith live audience Q&A, Bates
- Tyehimba Jess Audience Q&A, Bowdoin College, September 7, 2006
- V. Penelope Pelizzon Q&A discusses the formal strategy of her poem Seven Penitential Psalms
- Victoria Chang Q&A on a poem she wishes she'd written
- Victoria Chang Q&A on form
- Victoria Chang Q&A on obstacles to becoming a poet
- Victoria Chang Q&A on the most pleasurable and painful aspects of writing
- Victoria Chang Q&A with advice for young writers
- Vievee Francis Q&A on a current project
- Vievee Francis Q&A on her poem The Wheel of the Bus
- Vievee Francis Q&A on one of her favorite poems
- Vievee Francis Q&A on the pleasure of writing
- Vievee Francis Q&A recommends poets
- Xochiquetzal Candelaria Q&A reading and hearing a poem
- Xochiquetzal Candelaria Q&A recommending two poets
- Yona Harvey Q&A on reading her poems aloud