Susan Gillis : coda
Why is poetry important? The world needs—people need—the work of the imagination, in all forms. There’s no other way to adequately understan...
Susan Gillis : part five
How does a poem begin? In mystery, in observation, and in words. If I’m lucky, if I don’t try to pin it down too soon, if I’ve slept well, o...
Susan Gillis : part four
When you require renewal, is there a particular poem or book that you return to? A particular author? In a sense, yes, in that going back to...
Susan Gillis : part three
How do you know when a poem is finished? This is tricky! So often I think a poem is finished, or I’m finished with it, when really it’s just...
Susan Gillis : part two
How did you first engage with poetry? I’m told that as a baby I gurgled to the figures on the toile-covered sofa in the house I grew up in, ...
Susan Gillis : part one
Recent work by Susan Gillis includes Yellow Crane (Brick Books, 2018), Obelisk (Gaspereau, 2017) and The Rapids (Brick Books, 2012). She...
