Don McKay interviewed by Griffin Trustee Paul Muldoon

"My sense of myself as a poet really took off when I became obsessed with birds . . . I was impossible to be with. People would say, 'Don't say feather! Don't say flight! Don't say anything, or you'll set him off!'"
In this interview with Griffin Trustee Paul Muldoon, Don McKay reveals how he came to poetry, how his "obsessions" with birdwatching and geology influenced his work, and how his awareness of the natural world shifted over time.
The Lifetime Recognition Award recipient also discusses his literary inspirations, his time studying at the University of Wales, and the path he may have chosen if he hadn't pursued poetry. He concludes this inspiring conversation with a reading of his poem, "As if."
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