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“Some of my favorite poems are "confessional" poems written in the voices of aliens ("Southbound on the Freeway" by May Swenson" and "Report from the Surface" by Anthony McCann), sheep ("Snow Line" by John Berryman) or a yak ("The Only Yak in Batesville, Virginia" by Oni Buchanan).”

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Matthea Harvey

Matthea Harvey is an American poet, born on September 3, 1973. Her work is known for its unique style and rich imagination, often blending poetry, music, and theatrical elements. more

“When I get interested in a new topic I teach a class on it. There's a graduate seminar I teach in which the students and I try to expand the terminology we use to talk about poetry as well as expand our notion of what makes a poem - we read source texts on architecture, dance, photography, film and the graphic novel.”

Trying Wells Use Film Class Teach Novel Students Source Photography Notion Architecture Graduates Topics Graphic Graphic Novels Terminology Seminars

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“To be a poet you have to experiment.”

Poet Experiments

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“Read widely (in and outside of your own genre), keep a notebook with you at all times. Do something that scares you every now and then. Try to locate your own frequency, knowing that one year your voice is on AM 532 and the next it's on FM 92.8.”

Trying Years Next Voice Knowing All Time Genre Scare Now And Then Frequency Notebook

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“Erasures are interesting to me because they prove what particular sieves we all are.”

Interesting Particular Prove

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