Michael talks with Danny Caine about living in two places at once, the story of the Raven Book Store, making a life as a bookseller, his book HOW TO RESIST AMAZON AND WHY, becoming a poet by accident, writing about corporate and commercial landscapes, his trilogy of previous collections, his new collection PICTURE WINDOW (Autofocus Books), getting more personal about domestic life, the notes for a poem as poem, poetry as lens, titles as prompts, writing groups, and more.
Michael talks with Danny Caine about living in two places at once, the story of the Raven Book Store, making a life as a bookseller, his book HOW TO RESIST AMAZON AND WHY, becoming a poet by accident, writing about corporate and commercial landscapes, his trilogy of previous poetry collections, his new collection PICTURE WINDOW (Autofocus Books), getting more personal about domestic life, the notes for a poem as poem, poetry as life lens, titles as prompts, writing groups, and more.
Danny Caine is the author of the new poetry collection, Picture Window (Autofocus Books, 2023). He's also the author of the poetry collections Continental Breakfast, El Dorado Freddy's, and Flavortown, as well as the book How to Resist Amazon and Why. The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association awarded him the 2019 Midwest Bookseller of the Year award. He's a co-owner of the Raven Book Store, Publishers Weekly's 2022 bookstore of the year.
You can buy a copy of Picture Window from Autofocus Books here.
Podcast theme: DJ Garlik and Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.