Interview
Recently, Leela Raj-Sankar chatted with Carina Solis about the process behind her poem “American Dream,” published in Rust & Moth, which you can read here. This interview is part of “How I Wrote This,” a new series where Leela interviews poets about the process, inspiration, and influences behind their writing.
Read MoreAnnouncements
We’re excited to welcome Maria Gray as COUNTERCLOCK Journal’s next Managing Editor! Maria is a poet from Portland, Oregon, currently based in central Maine. Her microchapbook “Universal Red” was released this summer by Ghost City Press; individual poems are forthcoming from or published in Best New Poets, The Columbia Review, The Lumiere Review, and others.
Read More“As I have aged the world has gotten bigger while I have gotten smaller. Things seem to make more and more sense as my need to define them or pin them down has abated.”
Read MoreTattoos, Censorship, and Why Art Matters
Columnist Woody Woodger explores the poetic artifact of tattoos as a mode of self-expression. “What each tattoo is expressing is not really the interesting aesthetic value that’s being communicated. Rather, what is interesting about a tattooed body in public is that … art has consequences.”
Read MoreCrystal Healing
Columnist Woody Woodger explores the wealthy crystal healing industry – what is it? who is it for – through the lens of Ross Gay’s poem, “To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian.”
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