Category: In Conversation, In Critique
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In Conversation, In Critique – Mari Ellis Dunning
In Conversation When Mari Ellis Dunning began drafting the poem that would become Crocodile, she didn’t set out to write a pamphlet. The piece emerged after she read Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women, a book that confronted her with the blunt machinery of misogyny and its many masked forms. That initial poem, exploring an…
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In Conversation, In Critique – Karen P. Gonzalez
A Promote Indie Lit Article In Conversation Karen Pierce Gonzalez doesn’t just write poems — she builds bridges between worlds. From the moment she first read nursery rhymes in elementary school, she’s been walking that bridge. Dr. Seuss opened the door to playfulness; folk ballads taught her story; ee cummings handed her linguistic courage; and…
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In Conversation, In Critique – Jamie Woods
In Conversation Jamie Woods doesn’t write poetry for your comfort. He writes because he must—because the words arrive heavy, vital, unfinished until spoken aloud. “I’ve always written: lyrics, reviews, short stories, opening chapters to novels, and poems,” he says. But it’s poetry that stuck. Not for lack of ambition elsewhere, but because it’s the only…
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In Conversation, In Critique – AKG Finnegan
In Conversation There is no mistaking the voice of Finnegan the Poet. Born and bred in New York City’s fire-lit underground, Finnegan is a performance poet whose work does not ask for your comfort. It devours it. Across decades and continents, his writing has explored race, power, sex, and selfhood with a ferocity few dare…
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Submit Your New Poetry Collection for Interview and Critique – Submissions Now Open
I’m now accepting submissions for In Conversation, In Critique, a new series here on my personal author site, and part of PIL: Promoting Indie Lit. This feature offers something often missing from today’s literary coverage: a meaningful space where poets and their work are taken seriously, not solemnly, and where being read matters more than…
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Introducing In Conversation, In Critique
I’m developing a new interview and review series. I’ve long believed that poets deserve more than empty praise. They deserve to be read carefully, responded to honestly, and spoken to with respect, whether the work lands or not. That’s where In Conversation, In Critique comes in. This new series on my personal author site is…