Kevin Clark: 10-09-2002

Abstract

Kevin Clark is a poet and professor at California Polytechnic State University whose work has appeared in publications such as The Antioch Review and The Georgia Review. He begins the interview by reading his poem “Parallel Paths.” He goes on to discuss how sex and love, and specifically marital love, are two important factors in his poetry as portrayed in his poem titled “The Gift.” He lists influences such as Robert Frost, Norman Dubie, and jazz music. The interview concludes with Clark reading his poem “Our Children Playing Catch in the Evening of No Warning.”