Award-winning poet Teresa Leo is no stranger to rejection, a common outcome when submitting for publication and grants. She is also familiar with success -- her poetry has appeared in over a dozen publications and received several notable awards. In this first of two parts, we discuss how Leo composes poems, how fellow writers and artists help refine and inform her work, and what characterizes poetic writing.
During the interview, we touch on several people, places, and publications, including:
Teresa Leo: homepage, Pew Fellowship web page
Poet Stephen Dunn
Painter Irving Petlin
Poet Deirdre O'Connor (Before the Blue Hour)
Novelist Lisa Borders (Cloud Cuckoo Land)
Bucknell University
Pew Fellowship in the Arts
Painted Bride Quarterly
Poets & Writers magazine
Philadelphia Inquirer
Home Depot
If you've ever wondered how a poem finds it way to the printed page, drop some coins in the meter and listen in.
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