Episode 52: Richard Siken

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Host Rachel Zucker speaks with poet Richard Siken, author of Crush and War of the Foxes and publisher and poetry editor at Spork Press. They talk about his current five-book project, the restrictions he uses in each book during its composition, how these restrictions can help him avoid repetition, strategies inherent in poetry, rhetoric and discourse, Siken's rules for editing, not naming names, the idea and (f)utility of art therapy, teaching, the job market, the logistics and economics of for-profit-publishing, and family.

Books by Richard Siken

• Crush (Yale University Press, 2005)

• War of the Foxes (Copper Canyon, 2015)

Other Writers and Books Mentioned in the Episode

• Paul Legault

• Dorothy Chan

• Dalton Day

• Kathleen Rooney

• Gary J. Shipley

• Abraham Smith

• Scott McWaters

Other Relevant Links

• John Cage

• Dennis Cooper’s George Miles Cycle

• Gertrude Stein

• Drew Burk