Gurmeet talks to us about microaggressions and the migrant experience, learning and losing language and how poetry sharpens her observations.

Lily talks to us about messy, gross and powerful poems, writing with rhythm and what she’s reading instead of her English coursework.

L.B. Hazelthorn gives us a glimpse into her fictional universe, as we chat about the internet, the end of the world and chaotic queer romance.

Jos chats with us about the importance of experimentation and etymology in her work, and how she went from Animorphs fan fiction writer to published poet.

We talk with Ellie about prose poetry, how to spark a reader’s emotions and the raw electricity of Sylvia Plath.

Rosa talks to us about writing female anger, the importance of vivid imagery and why she likes poems that punch you in the gut.

Elina talks to us about history, truth-telling and the revolutionary power of imagination.