Interview with Ernest Hilbert - PART III
The third and final instalment of our epic interview with poet Ernest Hilbert: "People confuse having a well-paid MFA teaching job with being “a poet,” which is why Poet turns up on those lists of the most competitive jobs. It’s actually the least competitive, if you look at how much lackluster poetry gets published."
Jeff Ballard's Fairgrounds
The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1957-1965
Two Poems by Ernest Hilbert
'Equinoctial' and 'Domestic Situation' by the Philadelphia-based poet, librettist, creator of E-Verse Radio, and our featured interview.
‘Life as it might have been…’ for Ted Hughes and Assia Wevill
Interview with Ernest Hilbert - Part II
'I hung around record studios and with musicians when I lived in New York. I’d find myself talking to Moby at a strip club or reaching for the same cookie as Lou Reed at the craft service table backstage at St. Mark’s in the Bowery. In that last instance, I stood my ground and refused to surrender the cookie. Laurie Anderson shot me a look. It was a good cookie.'