Genevieve Kaplan - Poetry.LA Interview

GENEVIEVE KAPLAN is the author of the collections “(aviary)” (Veliz Books, 2020) and “In the ice house” (Red Hen Press, 2011), winner of the A Room of Her Own Foundation’s poetry publication prize. She has authored four chapbooks: “I exit the hallway and turn right” (above/ground press, 2020), “In an aviary” (Grey Book Press, 2016), “travelogue” (Dancing Girl, 2016), and “settings for these scenes” (Convulsive Editions, 2013). Her poems can be found in Third Coast, Puerto del Sol, Denver Quarterly, South Dakota Review, Poetry, and other journals.
Kaplan earned her MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and her PhD in Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. She co-edited Et Al.: New voices in Arts Management (IOPN, 2022). Since 2003, she has edited the Toad Press International chapbook series.
Interview host DOUGLAS MANUEL is the author of two collections, "Trouble Funk" (Red Hen Press, 2023) and "Testify" (Red Hen Press, 2017). His poems and essays can be found in numerous literary journals, magazines, and websites. He received a PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California and is a recipient of the Dana Gioia Poetry Award and a fellowship from the Borchard Foundation Center on Literary Arts. Manuel is an assistant professor of English at Whittier College and teaches at the Spalding University’s low-res MFA program.