Andy Fitch’s 60 Morning Talks, from Ugly Duckling Presse, is essential reading for fans of contemporary #poetry
Andy Fitch’s 60 Morning Talks, from Ugly Duckling Presse, is essential reading for anyone with an interest in contemporary poetry. The premise is this: Fitch interviewed 60 poets about their most recent work, exploring language (and l=a=n=g=u=a=g=e), the future of print, the state of poetry, and anything in between. Talks belongs on your bookshelf right beside I Wanted to Write a Poem , a transcript of a conversation between Edith Heal and William Carlos Williams about all of his published works (and anything and everything in between). Both books are about poetics, and both books are transcripts, and both lay bare, or at least attempt to, the machinery of inspiration, language and presentation. Fitch eschews academic pretentiousness. He doesn’t open Talks with an essay, or a thesis, he just gives us the interviews, the questions, and the answers. Reading Talks is like reading a script, or listening to a conversation (it would make a great independent film--or series of youtube ...