Gulf Coast Interview: Bob Hicok and Matthew Siegel
MS: What message, if any, do you have for the several thousand people who are going to graduate this year with MFAs?
BH: Remember that, when I say I want my root beer without ice, I mean it.
Read the full interview in Gulf Coast, Volume 19 Number 2, Summer/Fall 2007, where you’ll find more humor as well as insight in response to questions such as:
MS: So many poets are rushing to get that first book out, spending hundreds of dollars on contests and reading fees. Do you believe this is the best way for young poets to get noticed?
and
MS: Some of your newer poems seem to be much more meditative and less “witty” than your earlier work. Also, I’ve been told that you are trying to turn away from this perception of you being a “funny” poet. Is this true” If so, what do you find troubling about being called a “funny” poet?
