Interviews – Stephen Burt Poet and Critic. Author of Close Calls With Nonsense and Belmont: Poems Sat, 16 Jan 2016 05:26:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 New interview with Matthea Harvey, with mermaids /new-interview-with-matthea-harvey-with-mermaids/ /new-interview-with-matthea-harvey-with-mermaids/#respond Sun, 16 Nov 2014 05:29:19 +0000 /?p=669 Over at the Paris Review blog, I have the delightful privilege of carrying on an extended conversation with Matthea Harvey, whose new book would be rather amazing even if it didn’t also include visual art: I’m pretty sure it’s her best yet.

]]> /new-interview-with-matthea-harvey-with-mermaids/feed/ 0 Interview with Monica Youn at Boston Review /interview-with-monica-youn-at-boston-review/ /interview-with-monica-youn-at-boston-review/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2014 03:02:35 +0000 /?p=240 KrazyI’ve been a fan of Monica Youn and of Monica Youn’s poetry since 1994; it’s a pleasure like none other to say that she asked some great questions, and I tried to answer them, in a recent online segment for Boston Review. The piece comes with “Three Stephanies,” that is, three new poems.

]]> /interview-with-monica-youn-at-boston-review/feed/ 0 A revealing talk with John Ebersole /a-revealing-talk-with-john-ebersole/ /a-revealing-talk-with-john-ebersole/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2013 03:52:20 +0000 /?p=215 John Ebersole does the New Books in Poetry podcast, which has recently interviewed Michael Robbins, Lisa Olstein, Dana Gioia and me. It’s an hour-plus of me talking and John asking what I hope turned out to be very good questions; you can listen in whole or in part.

]]> /a-revealing-talk-with-john-ebersole/feed/ 0 “What advice do you have for young poets and critics?” /what-advice-do-you-have-for-young-poets-and-critics/ /what-advice-do-you-have-for-young-poets-and-critics/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2013 03:46:50 +0000 /?p=212 tg2013_051201_dsc_6426

Photo by James Duncan

At TEDGlobal around a talk I gave I sort of began a conversation with Laura Cococcia, and now it’s an interview she conducted with me about how to read poetry, and why. Thanks, Laura!

]]> /what-advice-do-you-have-for-young-poets-and-critics/feed/ 0 Rebecca Porte interviews me for Bookslut /rebecca-porte-interviews-me-for-bookslut/ /rebecca-porte-interviews-me-for-bookslut/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2013 03:41:58 +0000 /?p=209 I first encountered Rebecca Porte a while ago at Mac. Now she’s half the Oona-verse and an Octophile and a considerable poet and critic at the University of Michigan and she’s interviewed me. I talk about Yeats and curry in Scotland and being trans and traffic lights and meerkats and some other stuff. I think it came out well.

]]> /rebecca-porte-interviews-me-for-bookslut/feed/ 0 H. L. Hix interviews me and I interview him. /h-l-hix-interviews-me-and-i-interview-him/ /h-l-hix-interviews-me-and-i-interview-him/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2013 03:28:16 +0000 /?p=205 At The Conversant, a lobe of the multifoliate online litmag The Volta, the considerable poet H. L. Hix and I talk about our work. I ask him, he asks me. I think it worked out. Andy Fitch mediated.

]]> /h-l-hix-interviews-me-and-i-interview-him/feed/ 0 Beatrice interview and Hyberborea /beatrice-interview-and-hyberborea/ /beatrice-interview-and-hyberborea/#respond Sun, 04 Aug 2013 03:15:12 +0000 /?p=423 A quick Q&A with Ron Hogan from a recent appearance at Brooklyn’s Book Court. He also shares Hyperborea (from Belmont).

]]> /beatrice-interview-and-hyberborea/feed/ 0 Large-Hearted Boy /large-hearted-boy/ /large-hearted-boy/#respond Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:37:04 +0000 /?p=431 Large-Hearted Boy is a music-and-literature blog with a great track record; the blog picks writers and asks us to say what we heard, or what music affected us, while we were writing our latest book. Here are my Large-Hearted Boy Book Notes for Belmont, including brief remarks on Scott Miller, Amelia Fletcher, Boy in Static, and Cesar Franck.

]]> /large-hearted-boy/feed/ 0 Radio Boston Interview about Belmont /radio-boston-interview-about-belmont/ /radio-boston-interview-about-belmont/#respond Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:33:50 +0000 /?p=64 Belmont Town Hall, 1913

Belmont Town Hall, 1913

Fun interview with Meghna Chakrabarti discussing Belmont (the town and book), writing, and parenthood. WBUR includes two poems: Butterfly With Parachute and Exploring the Suburbs.

Radio Boston on WBUR

]]> /radio-boston-interview-about-belmont/feed/ 0 LA Review of Books Interview (Video) /larb/ /larb/#respond Sat, 20 Jul 2013 02:14:54 +0000 /?p=24 The Los Angeles Review of Books interviewed me during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Features “Belmont Overture” from the new book of poems.

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