Comments on: member spotlight: rachel barenblat

By: beth

beth — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:55:50 +0000

Rachel, so good to see you here and read this terrific interview! We already know each other, but there’s a lot here I didn’t know too, which is both fun and enlightening.(Good questions, Nathan!)

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By: Mozart Guerrier

Mozart Guerrier — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:42:19 +0000

enjoyed this interview!

By: Dana Guthrie Martin

Dana Guthrie Martin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:24:24 +0000

Rachel, I love your response to the question, “What’s the most important thing a poem does?” Spot on, and well said.

By: Wanda McCollar

Wanda McCollar — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:42:59 +0000

An insightful interview. I enjoyed it, learned from it. Thank you, she who questioned, she who answered. I love being here in ReadWritePoem. It seems to be a community I’ve been seeking all my life.

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By: Diane Lockward

Diane Lockward — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:27:22 +0000

This is a terrific interview! Great to see you here, Rachel.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:51:09 +0000

Oh, and that Auden poem is one of my all-time favorites.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:50:13 +0000

Thank you Rachel. I really enjoy your responses.

By: juliejordanscott

juliejordanscott — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:29:35 +0000

I have enjoyed visiting Rachel’s blog from time to time and now, enjoyed visiting her interview here.

I enjoy the heck out of the line you enjoy, Rachel…

“My heart thumps want to know / don’t want to know,”

I have been there so many times, too….

By: Daniel Romo

Daniel Romo — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:11:10 +0000

Very nice interview Rachel.

By: rallentanda

rallentanda — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:25:16 +0000

Thankyou for the Auden poem.I didn’t know this one.Also I think the value of poetry is seriously underestimated and I would like to see
a splendid revival .It needs to be a cornerstone in our education curricula.

By: carolee

carolee — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:48:32 +0000

rachel, i love your answer about the most important thing a poem does:

“Sanctifies the ordinary. By which I mean: A poem can cut a new facet into something mundane, which allows that ordinary thing to refract amazing light. The light was always there; we just don’t see it, most of the time.”

and nathan, i love the member spotlight feature. it’s great to read about others’ writing lives.

By: velveteenrabbi

velveteenrabbi — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:10:03 +0000

Thanks so much for the interview, y’all! This was really fun.