![]() ![]() Writing became his path out of that old life. When that was uplifted, I had to find something else." My entire life up to that point was predicated on the pursuit of this or that narcotic experience. ![]() "I suddenly had 16 hours a day to fill with something new. ![]() "The oldest recognizable poem in my book ranges back to when I got sober," Akbar says his debut collection, Calling a Wolf a Wolf, came out this past September. The site grew out of Akbar's own life in poetry, and his struggles with addiction. Every other Monday, he posts a new interview transcript. It's packed with profiles of writers like Morgan Parker, Ocean Vuong, Wendy Xu, and Max Ritvo - to name just a few. How?Īkbar runs DiveDapper, which focuses on interviews with major voices in contemporary poetry. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Calling a Wolf a Wolf Author Kaveh Akbar ![]()
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