ON OUR BIRTHDAY, LORRAINE HANSBERRY & I DISCUSS SUNLIGHT
“O, Lorraine, I have / Been called strange & fruity, too: melon & / Lemon. Apple, mango, pine, cherry.”
Interview
Security Deposit
By AE Hines
“I remember / the previous night’s rain still dripping / from his eaves, the Crape Myrtles huddled / along his street”
If These Covers Could Talk #7
In If These Covers Could Talk, poets interview the visual artists whose works grace their book covers. The result is an engaging discussion of process, vision, and projects. This series is a celebration of collaboration—here, we champion the fruitful conversations taking place both on and behind the cover.
This month, poet Benjamin Gucciardi talked to artist and painter Dom Villeda about the cover of West Portal, winner of the 2020 Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry (University of Utah Press, 2021).
Occupational Hazards
“I wake and the world is shaking again birds / slam buoyant voices bruised goldmorning light”
If These Covers Could Talk #6
In If These Covers Could Talk, poets interview the visual artists whose works grace their book covers. The result is an engaging discussion of process, vision, and projects. This series is a celebration of collaboration—here, we champion the fruitful conversations taking place both on and behind the cover.
This month, poet Mira Rosenthal talked to editorial director Alex Wolfe about the cover of Territorial (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2022).
Theodicy
“About our bodies, strangers in white / deliver the news; in some places, the only option / is the option Mary had.”
If These Covers Could Talk #5
By Anthony Cody
In If These Covers Could Talk, poets interview the visual artists whose works grace their book covers. The result is an engaging discussion of process, vision, and projects. This series is a celebration of collaboration—here, we champion the fruitful conversations taking place both on and behind the cover.
This month, poet Anthony Cody talked to artist Josue Rojas about the cover of Borderland Apocrypha (Omnidawn, 2020).
If These Covers Could Talk #4
By Jenny Qi
In If These Covers Could Talk, poets interview the visual artists whose works grace their book covers. The result is an engaging discussion of process, vision, and projects. This series is a celebration of collaboration—here, we champion the fruitful conversations taking place both on and behind the cover.
This month, poet Jenny Qi spoke to graphic designer Hilary Steinberg about the cover of Focal Point (Steel Toe Books, 2021).
If These Covers Could Talk #3
In If These Covers Could Talk, poets interview the visual artists whose works grace their book covers. The result is an engaging discussion of process, vision, and projects. This series is a celebration of collaboration—here, we champion the fruitful conversations taking place both on and behind the cover.
This month, poet Antonio de Jesús Lopez spoke to artist Anthony Solorzano about the cover of Gentefication (Four Way Books, 2021).