Selected Online Interviews with Annie Finch
FEATURED INTERVIEWS
Casting Spells: An Interview with Annie Finch." American Poetry Review
(2013)
"American Witch and Poet Annie Finch: An Interview." The Best Me: Creative and Healthy
Passionate interview about life, love, and creativity, including rituals, Goddess-oriented spirituality, and a bonus recipe (2012)
"Annie Finch: Building a Human Architecture." River Pine Anthology of Civic Discourse
Conversation on politics, courage, identity, and Annie's vision for the future (2012)
"Annie Finch" Interview. Angelspeak
Delightfully original interview ranging through often-overlooked topics including Among the Goddesses, performance, WOM-PO, MFA programs, and the reasons for the "cult-like" following of Calendars (2011)
"In Dialogue with Annie Finch." Interview for the International Cities of Refuge Network
An international conversation about Annie's work on "multiformalism" and her theory of poetry translation: that poetry's rhythmic heartbeat crosses all national barriers (2007)
"Interview with Annie Finch. Interview with Farideh Hasanzadeh, available in English and Malayalam
Probing questions on the essence of poetry from the Iranian poet and editor who has translated Annie's work into Farsi (2005)
"Giving Back to the World Its Lost Heart: An Interview with Annie Finch." Ablemuse
A lengthy, informed, and wide-ranging interview on Annie's poetics, including roots, influences, goals, contexts, and significant poems (2002)
"Multiformalisms." Poetry Flash
An in-depth early interview exploring the roots and influences of Annie's poetry and criticism (1994)
AUDIO INTERVIEWS
"Amy King Interviews Annie Finch." Interview with Amy King for MiPoesias Radio
Far-ranging and intense conversation with one of the great interviewers in New York's Tompkins Square Park, covering women's literature, inspiration, the "poetess" tradition, the landscape of contemporary poetry, writing poetry during sex . . . (2005)
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley, KPFA Radio, Part 1
Intense conversations on rhythm, prosody, and the roots of poetry, taped at Jack Foley's house in Berkeley where, as you will hear, Annie picked up Robert Duncan's hat and wore it for the rest of the interview. (2004)
Cover to Cover with Jack Foley, KPFA Radio, Part 2
The conversation was so exciting that the inimitable Jack decided to keep on taping and make it a two-week broadcast. (2004)
BRIEFER INTERVIEWS
Interview for the Massachusetts Poetry Festival on A Poet's Craft
A behind-the-scenes chat about how the book started and what makes it special (2012)
Interview with Annie Finch." Writers Digest
Focused questions on the revision process, self-publishing, translation, and how poetry has changed since the 1970s (2011)
On earth spirituality and poetry.
"Interview with Annie Finch." Poemeleon
Pointed questions on formal poetry and its relevance and value today (2009)
Portland Press Herald
Thoughts and tips on poetry for a wide audience (2006)
Here Comes Everybody
Lance Phillips' template of offbeat questions, including how to describe poetry to a seven-year-old, as quoted on Garrison Keillor's Writers Almanac (2004)
Znine
A high-spirited sharing of laughter, energy, fusion poetics, and how it feels to span new territories (2004)