By: Donna,
on 12/23/2012
Perillo has already won (and broken) our hearts through her poetry, but now she takes it up a notch with an absolutely flawless book of short stories. This gathering is raw, every entry reflecting pieces of life we can relate to. Not since Donald Ray Pollock's Knockemstiff has a short-story collection packed such a powerful [...]
By: Lucia Perillo,
on 5/3/2012
It should not be so hard to write both poetry and fiction. Both arts, after all, make use of the same materials, words and punctuation. Poems frequently utilize the strategies of fiction, which in turn, in the hands of the best writers, listens carefully to the sounds that it is making. Even poems which do [...]
Happy National Poetry Month! All throughout April, we have interviewed poets about working in the digital age. Recently we spoke with award-winning poet Lucia Perillo.
To date, Perillo has published six volumes of poetry. In May 2012, Copper Canyon Press will release her seventh poetry book, On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths and W.W. Norton will release her first collection of short stories, Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain.
Next week, Perillo will have a conversation with fellow poet Heather McHugh at the 92Y Uptown. Check out the highlights from our interview below…
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