laura madeline wiseman

You are the author of numerous books, including Of Some Sky (BlazeVOX Books) and the echapbook Earth Day Suite (Beard of Bees Press, 2010). You are also the editor of the echapbook Tracking/Teaching: On Documentary Poetics (Essay Press, 2015.)…

You are the author of multiple collections of creative work in several genres and have been publishing in a variety of venues since the 1970s. Talk about technology and the chapbook. What changes have you observed in the ways…

You are the author of the chapbooks Home, No Home (Educe Press 2016) winner of the annual Oro Fino Chapbook Competition, Silver Seasons of Heartache (Glass Lyre Press 2017), and Mother Said, I Want Your Pain (Backbone Press, 2018), winner of the Shared Dream Immigrant…

You are the author of the chapbooks Archeology (Flutter Press) and Cow Tippers (Shadow Ink Publications), the children’s book, Moon: A Poem (Richard C. Owens Publishers), and the forthcoming full-length collection, The River Will Save Us (Aldrich Press). Your…

You are the author of the chapbook What to deflect when you’re deflecting (Poets Wear Prada, 2017) that explores fatherhood. You write, “love is hilarious/ and immature” in the poem “Baby in a Blender” that takes a humorous approach…

You are the author of the book Double Jinx (Milkweed Editions, 2015), a 2014 winner of the National Poetry Series, and the chapbook Acadiana (Black Lawrence Press, 2018) available here, which explores myth and ritual. Talk about your interest…

In the February 2016 issue of The Writer’s Chronicle, in her essay “How to Give a Killer Reading” Christine Vines discusses great readings and suggests timing yourself, possibly preparing two different selections. Vines notes the importance of inflection during…

You are the author of the forthcoming chapbook Mother Tongue from Dancing Girl Press available here. You also blog about motherhood, writing, and art here. You discuss in one post the inspiration and strength you draw from the transcribed…

You’re the author of the full-length collection Millions of Ravenous Creatures (Big Table Publishing, 2016) and the four chapbooks Seeds (Flutter Press, 2017), Hope and Compulsion (Big Table Publishing, 2009), Waking Up on a Sinking Boat (Pudding House Publications,…

You are the author of the chapbook White Goat Black Sheep (Finishing Line Press), a collection that Sandra Beasely calls “a set of intimate lyrics” that offer a “fresh discerning edge.” White Goat Black Sheep is a collection of…