AN INTERVIEW WITH BIANCA STONE

NICHOLAS HOWARD

NICHOLAS HOWARD Rereading some of your most recent poems like “Marcus Aurelius,” “Artichokes,” and “Nature,” there are references to large concepts such as “Truth,” “Nature,” and “Man.” I found this word choice to be bold and adventurous. Is that something you were conscious of, and why should writers strive to be bold in their writing? BIANCA STONE There is something thrilling to come to these concepts at exactly the right time in your life—not for their so-called poetic sake, but for the sake of your own psyche, which finds itself bewildered before them. The adventurousness you speak of comes with having had a lot of contemporary adventures under my belt, perhaps. What I mean is: Yes, I’ve spoken at length of the vividity of Star Trek and the streets of Brooklyn…

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