5. Why did you choose to hide your poems in the skin of prose?
Interesting, I never really thought of the poems hiding. I believe in confusing the distinctions between what makes poetry and what doesn’t. I feel like poetry is everywhere, you just have to have the lenses on. As far as why I chose prose I think it goes back to my long-running preoccupation with surface level representations and the silent movies that run inside of our heads. I stare at people in the subways and think about the pivotal moments, memories, and private indulgences that shape them. I basically want to know everything everyone doesn’t know about everyone. (I also imagine resting my head on every subway rider’s shoulder and wondering what would happen, but that is a different set of questions). Prose looks unassuming, it’s conventional, it’s the surface level. Prose lets the reader walk right in while serial killers and unsettling narrators can wander freely inside.
— Tess Patalano, interviewed by J. Bradley for PANK Blog.
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