Elaine Sexton: “Unexpected Brightness”

Elaine Sexton’s poems are active, nimble, curious—they often seem to be trying to solve a problem or puzzle out the right words to describe our too-often wordless emotions. In the midst of the pre-holiday rush, we took a few minutes to talk for the Ploughshares blog about writing poems, naming books, and finding the creative connections between writing poems and making art. Check out our conversation here.