Jessica Walsh (JW) interviews Hillary Leftwich (HL) about Ghosts Are Just Strangers Who Know How to Knock, an intense and lyrically agile collection newly published by the Haunted Doll House imprint of Agape Editions. Ghost Are Just Strangers Who Know How to Knock is now available for purchase. JW: The title of this collection is Ghosts…
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Ariel Walks Into a Bar
Limps, really. Drops onto the first stool, starts rubbing her bare blistered feet. She nods upwards once to the bartender the way drunks do to signal whatever’s cheap. I gave up my voice you know–fought a bitch to get it back. And now it hurts to stand. Every step is glass. We let her talk….
A Book of Questions: Interview with Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Author of STRUT
Jessica Walsh spoke with Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, author of Agape Editions’ latest collection, Strut. See hyperlinks in the interview for clips of Mariahadessa reading her poems! JW: When you look at the book now, what experiences or other influences do you think led to its creation? MET: Rage, loss, sensuality, and the blues were all…
Staff Picks for Spring Reading
Social justice is central to Agape’s mission, and we thought we’d share with you some books that have changed and challenged us.
An Act of Survival: Interview with Emari DiGiorgio on Girl Torpedo
Jessica Walsh talks with Emari DiGiorgio about her forthcoming collection Girl Torpedo (Agape Editions, 2018) and the spaces we create for survival.
A Conversation with Jessica Walsh, Tammy Robacker, and Joanna Valente
ELJ Editions authors Jessica Walsh, Tammy Robacker, and Joanna Valente discuss the impulse behind their collections and weapons of poetic technique.
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