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"I Try to Find the Shape of a Poem" Talking to the Griffin Poetry Prize Finalists about Process & Poetry

When it comes to poetry, it doesn't get any bigger than the Griffin Poetry Prize. The two $75,000 prizes (one for a Canadian collection of poetry, one for an international collection) not only has one ...

A tiny closing present

My movement teacher told us a story at the end of class yesterday. He walked into a cafe, and was assaulted by the power of a painting. It was glorious, incredible, alive. An article hung beneath the ...

With Jazmine V K Carr

Aisha Sasha John with Jazmine V K Carr on SoundCloudHere I connect with the force that is artist Jazmine V K Carr. Near the end we get sidelined by cigarettes, joined by Marvin and Fiona, two simultaneous ...

With Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part III)

 AI_SHA – with Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part III) Can you participate in fashion if you don't have money? Katrice answers. And later I wile out talking about the transformative power of clothes. Some ...

With Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part II)

with Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part II)Do fashion writers have to be, um, fashionable? Katrice and I take up that question here. We also discuss the implications of the good outfit, smarts and wit ...

With Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part I)

with Katrice Dustin: a P. for F. (Part I) I wish I remember if it were cold when Katrice Dustin, a writer, came to my house to talk about fashion. Oh wait--it was cold. Anyway, here we get warm discussing ...

With Mark

With Mark  A bag of mixed nuts, a stranger (Mark), Marvin (again), a Saturday, a good one.

With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part V)

With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part V) Paloma left and Mat and I discuss how The Contemporary Poetry Group is a love action, and there's no better way to deal with evil than to make something ...

With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part IV)

With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part IV) Paloma asks me questions and I respond like a mid-September Virgo. Mat makes an observation which the entire conversation ribbons itself around. ...

With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part III)

With Mat Laporte and Paloma: About a Goodness (Part III) Paloma, Mat and I reflect on the wisdom of being a dummy. The views expressed in the Writer-in-Residence blogs are those held by the authors and ...