Enjoy reading this interview with featured poet, Ethel Rackin.
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LF: When did you become interested in writing poetry?
ER: I started writing poetry when I was very young, and became more dedicated in my early teens.

LF: What are some of your favorite creative influences? 
ER: Emily Dickinson, Kay Ryan, W.S. Merwin, just to name just a few. 

​LF: Could you describe your creative process for writing poetry?
ER: I jot things down in notebooks, let them sit, go back later to see what I can salvage, move those pieces to the computer, start revising, keep revising, and voila.

LF: What are you working on now?
ER: I've just completed a new manuscript called The Way Back.

LF: Why is poetry important to us?
ER: Poetry makes our hearts sing. It connects us to the deepest parts of our humanity. It allows for a space to say that which is otherwise unsayable.

LF: What do you hope readers take away from your poems?
ER: I hope that readers are uplifted by my poetry, and that my poems linger in readers' hearts.