The book is a combination of riddle poems and colorful, charming illustrations, challenging the reader to guess the mysterious animal on the next page. The animals are an eclectic bunch, from the well-known—bison, giraffe—to the more exotic such as the axolotl. The poems sneak in bits of “teacher” information and dashes of puns and humor. (To wit, regarding the axolotl, “You now know a ‘lotl’ about us….”)
Tag: Interview
An Interview with Dr. Dipak Giri on Poetics of Creation
In this wide ranging interview, Dr. Jernail Singh Anand talks at length about poetry, the role of poets, aspirations, inspirations, speaking truth, and lots more.
Six questions to Ruth Oskolkoff, Author of Voyage to the Sun
The author of Voyage to the Sun: The Tao te Ching For Children talks about her own childhood, her minimalist style of writing, the Tao and how it fits our present world, on preparing children for the real world, her family support, and more.
An interview with Anne Elezabeth Pluto
I recently had a zoom interview with poet Anne Elezabeth Pluto to discuss her most recent book, How Many Miles to Babylon. The author sipped tea while holding her adorable adopted French Bulldog named Celine on her lap. Pluto is the editor of Nixes Mate Review and teaches at Lesley University. This is her second book.
Samuel in the Quantum Field: How One Boy’s Holocaust Story Can Help Us Bridge Space, Time, and Everything In Between – An interview with author Elyn Joy
The author of Samuel in the Quantum Field talks about the inspiration for her book, her research and transcription process, her unique, physics approach, the book’s relationship a Sioux City railroad memorial exhibit called Desperate Passages, and lots more.
Mary Pacifico Curtis and Sybil Baker In Conversation
The authors of Understanding Moonseed and Apparitions chat about their books, inspirations, their settings and the importance of place, process, spirituality, ghosts, magic realism, the impact of covid, and much more.
An Interview with Angélica Lopes
The author of The Curse of the Flores Women talks about her new book and its inspiration, its Brazilian setting of rural Pernambuco, lacemaking, historical fiction, feminism, the differences between writing scripts for movies and TVs and writing novels, research, writing YA and lots more.
An Interview with Jolene Gutierrez
Now fifty—looks 30—Gutiérrez feels like she’s just hitting her stride as an author. I had the chance to sit down in her inviting library, surrounded by books and stained glass, to talk about writing, kids, libraries, and the power and joy of books.
On Characterization and Place in Poetry: A conversation between Tennison Black and Tiffany Troy
Tennison S. Black is the author of Survival Strategies (UGA Press, 2023), which won the National Poetry Series. Tiffany Troy is author of Dominus (BlazeVOX [books]) and co-translator of Santiago Acosta’s The Coming Desert /El próximo desierto (forthcoming, Alliteration Publishing House). In this warm, rich conversation, the two poets talk about their latest books, journey, history, characterization, voice, legacy, craft and much more.
An interview with Ruth Danon
The author of Turn Up The Heat talks about her latest book, about becoming a poet and the nature of poetry, the relationship between form and content, her style, the subject-object relationship, rhythm and musicality, voice, on doing readings, and lots more.