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Ep. 3 - Paul Vermeersch
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Today we’re speaking with poet Paul Vermeersch about relearning how to write, the use of failure as a learning tool, his most recent inspirational read, and so much more.
Show Notes
- Why you can't inhale and exhale at the same time when you write. You also need to read!
- How taking time off from writing can work... and not work
- New ways to think about the structure of a poem
- Writing during the pandemic, when writing felt like it was something to be recovered or rediscovered
- Every book is your first book
- The importance of caution in the homestretch of writing
- The different types of poetry: experience, observation, and imagination
- How being fat may be hereditary, but it doesn't have to be heritage
- What writing excites Paul these days?
Book and Author References
Shared Universe: New and Selected Poems, 1995-2020 by Paul Vermeersch On Writing and Failure by Stephen Marche Tanis MacDonald, author and guest of KWF Podcast Episode 1 The Fat Kid by Paul Vermeersch Fugue with Bedbug by Anne-Marie Turza
About Paul Vermeersch
Paul is a poet, multimedia artist, creative writing professor, and literary editor. He is the author of several poetry collections, including Shared Universe: New and Selected Poems 1995-2020. He has been a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the Trillium Book Award, among other honours. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph for which he received the Governor General's Gold Medal. He teaches in the Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing & Publishing program at Sheridan College where he is the editor-in-chief of The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing. He is also the senior editor of Wolsak and Wynn Publishers where he created the poetry and fiction imprint Buckrider Books. He lives in Toronto.
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