Erica Violet Lee
Micro-interview
Did you read poetry when you were in high school? Is there a particular poem that you loved when you were a teenager?
Offhand, I loved (and still love) Langston Hughes, EE cummings, Maya Angelou, and Walt Whitman.
When did you first start writing poetry? And then when did you start thinking of yourself as a poet?
I've written poetry since I was able to write anything at all.
What do you think a poet’s “job” is?
To be a documenter of and participant in our times. To imagine better lives for our people.
Publications
Publication type
Periodical/Magazine
Title
On The Prairies We Will Live Forever
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Publication type
Book
