![]() ![]() Pretty well! I got to hold a two-day old goat called Sicily on a trip to Miami this spring (I was talking to high school teachers about using poetry and visual art in the classroom) and Paul Ryan is retiring (I lived in Wisconsin for ten years) so.On the negative side, one basement flood, one sunburn, one sprained wrist. ![]() With an ambitious project in the works and one hell of a wish list for all things miniature, I spoke with the literary magician about clouds, giraffes, goats, cats, and the Kardashians. The list of gratitude and delivered joy marches onward. With minimal social media presence, I reached out to Matthea Harvey shortly after reading ( and listening to) her March 2018 poem in. Harvey's essay about children's poetry sparked a child-like surge in my blood that had me in a writing frenzy for the entire week. Her Paris Review interview put me on to Monika Beisner's 1973 Fantastic Toys (which is to be republished next spring through New York Review of Books). Her children's book, Cecil the Pet Glacier, made me cry. Following that, I ran through her entire bibliography. ![]() Her work blends playful magic with post-apocalyptic limbo, where reality is a bit distorted and anything is possible. I first stumbled upon her work during a personal voyage of prose poems her collection Modern Life had my jaw touching the floor. Since the year 2000, Matthea Harvey has written five books of poetry, two children's stories, and plenty of essays, translations, and edits along the way. ![]()
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