Binary Myths: Conversations with Contemporary Poets

Poetics. According to editor Andy Brown, the central theme of BINARY MYTHS is that we all use language, stake our claims upon it and personalize it beyond the belief of others, when we haven't really come to any kind of consensus on what poetry is... many of the questions I asked invariably set up binary oppositions, with the aim of inviting deconstructive comment by the poets; with the aim of doing away with the kind of either-ors, the binary myths, that stifle poetic practice and comment. The book includes interviews with poets David Kennedy, Sarah Maguire, cris cheek, Eva Salzman, Miles Champion, John Burnside, Caroline Bergvall, Michael Donaghy, Sheila E. Murphy and Tim Allen.