You are the author of the chapbooks Earth (Two Sylvias Press, 2014), winner of the Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize, and Narcissus (Tupelo Press 2008), winner of the Snowbound Series Chapbook Award. You teach workshops in the United States…
pedagogy
Your first chapbook, How to Leave a Farmhouse, was just released from Porkbelly Press and you have degrees in creative writing from Purdue University and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Talk about your experiences as a student of…
The myth of Demeter and Persephone is such a rich story to retell, a task taken up by other poets such as Louise Gluck, Alicia Ostriker, Rita Dove, and others. Talk about your interests in myth and why the…
“call me obsessed”: The chapbook interview: Wendy Barker on giving great readings, prose poetry, and sequencing chapbooks
In the July/August 2013 Issue of Poets & Writers, Kevin Samsell coordinator of events at Powell’s books asked several of his favorite readers how they’ve gotten good at readings. Dan Kennedy explains “before I walk into the room every…
In the July/August 2013 Issue of Poets & Writers, Kevin Samsell coordinator of events at Powell’s books asked several of his favorite readers how they’ve gotten good at readings. You’ve organized and hosted countless readings, some of which you…