Responses

I Don’t Call Myself a Poet was created with the hope of being part of a bigger conversation about poetry — and this page will keep you posted about who’s talking about the site and how! If you’ve used the site in a workshop or assignment, leave a comment so we can trace how the ripples are spreading…

• Sandra Alland lists her interview among her New & Upcoming Projects on Blissful Times
• Andre Bagoo quotes from Zannab Sheikh’s interview with Vahni Capildeo on his Pleasure blog
• Wayne Burrows posts the extended version (remix) of his interview on his blog
• On her blog, Carrie Etter lists some of her favourite poets included so far…
• We’re part of Katy Evans-Bush’s Free Verse weekend over on Baroque in Hackney
• Delighted to join the blogroll at John Field’s excellent Poor Rude Lines
• The outspoken & thought-provoking (and very funny) Jane Holland worries on Raw Light that her interview answers were “cynical and terse” — decide for yourself!
• Brief and to the point on Amy Key’s Leopard-Skin Pill-box hat Tumblr
• Melissa Lee-Houghton won the Jackie Hayes award – and marked it by posting about kind words about the site on her blog
• Nick Makoha has an extract from his interview on his website
• Her interview is Autumn News for Aoife Mannix on her website
• To call oneself, or not to call oneself, a poet: that’s Roy Marshall’s thoughtfully-posed question on his blog (it’s called Roy Marshall, Poet, which suggests his answer to the question!)
• François Matarasso links to the site in a Regular Marvels blog post about Mohan Rana
• A brief intro to the project on my website
• A shout-out from Matt Merritt’s Polyolbion blog
• Kathryn Mockler includes the site in her Resources for New Poets
• Alex Pryce takes on the question of identity & naming on Strange Bedfellows
• In among the news of Hannah Silva’s September activities on her Opposition blog
• Maria Taylor was prompted by the interviews to return to Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters of a Young Poet on her Commonplace blog
• An excellent point from George Ttoouli on Gists & Piths: many of the first 68 writers interviewed here do attribute their inspiration for writing to a youthful encounter with the poetry of John Keats — and what that means for British poetry now