Our feature is a lively and thoughtful interview with writer Ploi Pirapokin about poetry in her world--how it influences her prose, her teaching, and her days. She talks to Farnaz about emotional turns, point of view, images and more, and reads from some of her favorite poems. Mentioned in this conversation: 

For the Taking, Linda Gregerson

Crush, Richard Siken

BBHMM, Tiana Clark

Aubade with Burning City, Ocean Vuong