Introduction: A Conversation with Michael Collier

Michael Collier was interviewed by Maria Hagan and David Wojahn as part of the Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Writing Association Reading Series in April, 2006. In addition to a discussion about influences, mentoring, and creative writing programs, Collier reads “Mine Own John Clare” and “The Messenger” from his fifth collection, Dark Wild Realm (Houghton Mifflin, 2006), which is out in paperback November 1, 2007 from Mariner Books.