![]() ![]() Do you ever laugh out loud when you’re writing? ![]() The poem “Setting the Table” is a kind of bent how-to which in a very authoritative voice describes some strange procedures-it reads a little like Martha Stewart on mushrooms. They are imagined worlds, but I think of them as fully real and hopefully that comes through in the writing.ĪK: If you don’t mind, I’m going to refer to specific previously published poems of yours that you have generously made available online. Generally, I start with one idea, say, “What would a museum of the middle look like and why might it exist?” and then the details invent themselves from there. Matthea Harvey: Well, sometimes the poems are inspired by dream, but probably only 1 in 20. The choices do not feel arbitrary, but seem to have the logic of a dream- not as a dream is told, but as it’s dreamed. ![]() You present surreal situations matter-of-factly, with great specificity and assurance. ![]() Full interview text is available in the book How a Poem Can Happen, or upon special request.Īndy Kuhn: Your poetry is such an unusual and delightful combination of airy and dense, fantastical and down-to-earth. The below is an excerpt of Andrew Kuhn’s interview of Matthea Harvey. ![]()
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