Sohini Basak: Ever since the pandemic broke out, I’ve so often come face to face with the inadequacy of words while grieving or trying to console a loved one. In …
Unreasonable Dreams: Theresa Lola talks to Major Jackson about the pursuit of joy
TL: Hi Major! I’d like to start off by asking, if poetry is a lamp that is present as we search for truth, what is one truth you keep rediscovering …
Shouldn’t we all be quitters?
To accompany this exclusive extract from John Ashbery’s Parallel Movement of the Hands, Dai George talks to the book’s editor, Emily Skillings DG: I’d like to start by thanking you, on behalf of …
…no holds hyena!
An interview with Fran Lock by Karolina Ros Olafsdottir KO: I really loved the poem in the magazine and the energy in it. I was wondering if you could start …
Remnants as an Articulation
Jennifer Lee Tsai interviews Bhanu Kapil about the trajectory of her career to date JLT: I wonder if I could ask you about when and how you started writing? What is the purpose …
Intravenous Lines: Romalyn Ante talks to Ali Lewis
AL: Hi Romalyn. How are you? What’s life like where you are? RA: It has been a tough 2020 for everybody. Lockdown happened when my editor and I were putting …
Constant Flux: Rachel Long talks to Ali Lewis
AL: Hi Rachel. How are you? What poetry has been seeing you through these difficult times? RL: Throughout early-to-mid lockdown I couldn’t read a thing. That’s never happened before. I’ve …
No Fixed Points: Inua Ellams talks to Reviews Editor Dai George
DG: How are you? What’s life like where you are, at the time of writing? IE: I’m okay, I’m alright. Life for me at the moment oscillates between intense mundanity, …
An Interview with Eleanor Penny, winner of the Poetry London Prize 2020
PL: Firstly, huge congratulations on winning 1st prize in this year’s competition! Ilya was extremely impressed by the quality of the entries, so this is a great achievement. Can you …
An Interview with S. Niroshini, 3rd prize-winner in the Poetry London Prize 2020
Poetry London: Many congratulations on winning 3rd prize in this year’s competition! Can you tell us a little about when and why you wrote this poem, and why you felt …
An Interview with Pat Winslow, 2nd prize-winner in the Poetry London Prize 2020
Poetry London: Firstly, many congratulations on winning 2nd prize in this year’s competition! Ilya was extremely impressed by the quality of the entries, so this is no small achievement. Can …
Martha Sprackland talks to James Conor Patterson
Poetry London regularly dedicates a third of its pages to poets who are new to the magazine. Here, Poetry Editor Martha Sprackland chats to Poetry London first-timer James Conor Patterson, whose wonderful poem …
A Taste, a Touch, a Want
Victoria Adukwei Bulley interviews Natalie Diaz in a time of lockdown VAB: I’d love to begin by asking you this: what is a poem? ND: A poem is like a hand – the …
Poetry London Prize-winners: Q&A with Romalyn Ante (1st prize, 2018)
1. What did it feel like to win the Poetry London Prize? I will be forever grateful to Kwame Dawes for choosing my poem. I feel validated and more inspired …
Poetry London Prize-winners: Q&A with Roger Bloor (1st prize, 2019)
1. What did it feel like to win the Poetry London Prize? Writing poetry can often be a rather isolating activity; releasing a poem out into the world is often met …
The Church of a Better World
Suji Kwock Kim talks to Danez Smith on the eve of publishing their new book, Homie SKK: How would you articulate what’s specifically ‘American’ about US poetry – keeping in mind all the limitations …
Interview with Reviews Editor Dai George
PL: Dai, as Reviews Editor of Poetry London, how do you approach the editorial process for each issue and how do you make decisions about which books should be reviewed? …
Interview with Poetry Editor Martha Sprackland
PL: Martha, this is your first issue as editor of the magazine. How did you approach selecting poems for the issue? MS: A combination of things, for this first go. …
Your Whole Blood System
Karen McCarthy Woolf talks to Ishion Hutchinson about poetry, islands and the sea as an enduring preoccupation and presence KMW: The sea is a strong motif in your work – a presence …
An Interview with Roger Bloor, winner of the Poetry London Clore Prize 2019
Well, this will be fun, I think! I’d like to start off by congratulating you again on your triumph – well done! I know the judge, Sasha Dugdale, was impressed by the winners, and it’s exciting that we’ll be publishing your winning poem in Poetry London. I’d like to know more about Molly Leigh, the subject of your poem, who was accused of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. What is it about her story that captured your attention?
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