tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157657062270478731.post3649505658009677227..comments2022-04-07T18:35:01.672-04:00Comments on BENT COUNTRY: The Occupation that Won't Let Go of Me: INTERVIEW with Darryl PriceShel Comptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01570225996893625455noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157657062270478731.post-31464289443910475942012-05-24T00:20:19.600-04:002012-05-24T00:20:19.600-04:00What a wonderful interview with intelligent questi...What a wonderful interview with intelligent questions and very insightful, heartfelt and honest answers. I've been a big fan of Darryl's for as long as I've been on Fictionaut. His poetry rocks, I always feel he is talking directly to my soul. <br />Off to check out DP's e-book.Myra Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13093823843588703237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157657062270478731.post-58014737792211453742012-05-14T08:40:30.031-04:002012-05-14T08:40:30.031-04:00Thanks so much for reading, Linda and Roberto!Thanks so much for reading, Linda and Roberto!Shel Comptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570225996893625455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157657062270478731.post-55965782104985416702012-05-07T12:01:06.384-04:002012-05-07T12:01:06.384-04:00Darryl, you have a heart of gold and I am so glad ...Darryl, you have a heart of gold and I am so glad to know you thanks to Fictionaut! Great interview and insights into those wonderful gift poems. Keep writing Darryl and I'll keep reading. Reading this interview has definitely put some pep in my step today. :O)Roberto Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04589054235946553220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157657062270478731.post-56108573039043923392012-04-29T21:55:27.962-04:002012-04-29T21:55:27.962-04:00Wonderful interview, deep in a way many aren't...Wonderful interview, deep in a way many aren't. Put two artists together and see what beauty gets wrought. And yes, DP, thank you for being honest and saying sometimes it is too hard to keep writing in the face of adversity, but then finding the grace in the act, the process, if not the end. Peace...Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110078016784294934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157657062270478731.post-18532818719585782032012-04-29T08:31:02.034-04:002012-04-29T08:31:02.034-04:00Thanks, Michelle and Sam. It was a pleasure to ha...Thanks, Michelle and Sam. It was a pleasure to have Darryl share even a small bit of his time talking with me.Shel Comptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570225996893625455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157657062270478731.post-31566999529074254292012-04-28T23:17:30.108-04:002012-04-28T23:17:30.108-04:00Nicely done. Enjoyed the exchanges here.Nicely done. Enjoyed the exchanges here.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635501421084115695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157657062270478731.post-87623948963962075442012-04-28T21:47:17.878-04:002012-04-28T21:47:17.878-04:00The questions here are as interesting as the answe...The questions here are as interesting as the answers -- something that makes this interview stand out in a genre that seems to be growing in its literary impact. Indeed, I just read an interesting article about how the interview is being used more and more in historical studies, how interviews are being included now as a legit means of understanding the past and present (and why this intersection between past and present is of course important). I think the same could be said about this interview, for it is a conversation between two individuals but it goes far beyond that, exploring larger ideas of how the poet is, as Darryl puts it "responsible caretakers of the world". The perspective provided here -- not only about writing but about the world we live in and our desire to seek connection and to feel creative -- is really nourishing. Thanks to both of you for this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157657062270478731.post-3227713249575511442012-04-28T13:02:51.978-04:002012-04-28T13:02:51.978-04:00I'm glad you read this, Marcus, and doubly gla...I'm glad you read this, Marcus, and doubly glad you took something perhaps useful from it. I'm sure I'll often return to Darryl's words in this interview again and again as a reminder that putting down words and giving them to folks is a means of staying alive in the most active way a person can possibly do so.Shel Comptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570225996893625455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4157657062270478731.post-73897657380294459042012-04-28T11:46:38.096-04:002012-04-28T11:46:38.096-04:00This is a wonderful interview, it'll up there ...This is a wonderful interview, it'll up there in my pantheon of interviews I'll come back to when I need a boost or when the road's got so dusty that I need an inspiring fork. Both Darryl's and your own work, Sheldon, carries that capability in almost every word: to inspire and make us stop to think & feel; an important mission without being missionary; you both don't shy away from the task of true shaping, but you stay close to the ground, feet firmly planted in the fertile mud. I especially loved Sheldon’s questions on the early call to write and on giving up writing. Darryl’s answers resonated with me strongly. And to think that I've never met either of you in person! But I'm not giving up on that one. Thanks for this, poet-pal Darryl and storm-seeker Sheldon.Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161684468714673546noreply@blogger.com