Interviews
I’ve conducted many interviews over the years, sometimes asking the questions, sometimes answering. This page presents links to most of these interviews, whether audio and text, nearly all about haiku and related poetry (okay, all of them). See also the Commentary and Videos pages. If you have any comments or questions, please let me know. +
Audio Interviews of Michael Dylan Welch
Haiku Poet Podcast — by Josh Cleveland and his kids, with my text interview answers read and discussed (posted 12 May 2021; also available on Spotify)
“Word” radio interview — by Tom Maxedon (broadcast on 91.5 KJZZ-FM, Public Radio, Tempe, Arizona on 1 February 2021), with Natalie Goldberg +
Sound Poetry radio interview — by David Gilmour (broadcast on 101.9 KTAH-FM radio, Tacoma, Washington, daily 28 September through 2 October 2020)
Author2Author interview for Author Magazine on Blog Talk Radio — by Bill Kenower (broadcast on 16 April 2019)
“Word” radio interview — by Tom Maxedon (broadcast on 91.5 KJZZ-FM, Public Radio, Tempe, Arizona on 1 February 2019)
“Word” radio interview — by Tom Maxedon (broadcast on 89.3 KPRG-FM, Public Radio Guam on 13 January 2017)
“In Conversation” radio interview — by Sheila Bender (broadcast on 91.9 KPTZ-FM radio in Port Townsend, Washington on 20 and 22 September 2016); also available on YouTube
Jack Straw Writers audio blog — featuring a Zen story, a selection of neon buddha poems, American Sentences, and three longer poems: “After Dinner,” “Shoulders,” and “Flowers on the Roof of Hell” (recorded in 2010)
Text Interviews of Michael Dylan Welch
Interview with Michael Dylan Welch (in The Solitary Daisy) — by Sally Quon
2023 Trailblazer Interview — by Robin Smith
New to Haiku: Advice for Beginners — by Julie Bloss Kelsey
Tête-à-tête: Michael Dylan Welch — by Neena Singh
Haiku Poet Interviews: Michael Dylan Welch — by Jacob Salzer +
Questions for Editors and Poets — by Susan Antolin
My Window Opens: A Personal Haiku History — by William J. Higginson
“Haiku North America: Crazy about the haiku? Have we got a conference for you” (in The Writer magazine)
— by Melissa Hart
NaHaiWriMo – Write one haiku a day for the month of February! — by Trish Hopkinson
Barking Mad Questionnaire — Corine Timmer
Cofounder of Haiku North America featured at Wednesday Night Poetry — by The Sentinel-Record
Facts Poetic—Take Haiku Beyond Grade-School Myths — by Patty Hardin
5-7-5 in the 505: Haiku North America in Santa Fe — by Liz Brindley
Spotlight on Michael Dylan Welch: Interview for Boatwhistle Books — by Mike Fell
Writer’s Digest Poet Interview: Michael Dylan Welch — by Robert Lee Brewer
The Seabeck Haiku Getaway: An Interview — by Aubrie Cox
Arrows in the Quiver: An Interview on Senryu with Michael Dylan Welch — by Roman Lyakhovetsky
Everyday Delight: An Interview with Michael Dylan Welch — by Colin Stewart Jones
Haiku Hoopla — by Leena Prasad
Poetic License to Print for IDG World Update — by David Bromley
An Interview for Writing It Real — by Sheila Bender
An Interview for Haiku Ireland — by Gilles Fabre
An Interview for Miriam’s Well — by Miriam Sagan
An Interview Email — by Alyson Ludek
Approaching Infinity — by Robert Wilson
Breathe fresh air into your haiku — by Glenn L. Marcum, Poet’s Market
Featured Poet [a short autobiographical sketch and six poems]
Featured Poet: Michael Dylan Welch — by Leticia Sicilia Saavedra
Haiku by Michael Dylan Welch — by Leticia Sicilia Saavedra
Lyrical Passion Interview — by Raquel D. Bailey
A Look at Haiku North America — by Pearl Pirie
Steyer Writer Named Poet Laureate — by Hannah Sidaris-Green
NaHaiWriMo: Overview and Interview — by Aubrie Cox
Three Questions — by Curtis Dunlap
Poet Showcase — by Cara Holman
Haiku and Its Relation to Formalist Poetry — by CarrieAnn Thunell
Wining, Dining, Haiku — by Katie Daubs, Ottawa Citizen
A Chat about Tanka — by A. C. Missias
Meet the Prompters — on my NaHaiWriMo site
No Longer Strangers by Haiku Northwest — by Amanda Dcosta
My Son’s Interview — by Thomas Welch
Interviews by Michael Dylan Welch
— by Catherine J. Kordich and Michael Dylan Welch
Meet the Prompters — many dozens of interviews featuring NaHaiWriMo daily prompters
Meet the 2016 VCBF Haiku Invitational Winners (short interviews)
— with Jan Dobb, Rachel Enomoto, dl mattila, Marianne Paul, Beth Skala, and Victoria Vieira
Meet the 2017 VCBF Haiku Invitational Winners (short interviews, plus video)
— with Sanjuktaa Asopa, Ann Harreby, Beth Skala, Debbie Strange, Terri L. French, and Amy Wells
Meet the 2018 VCBF Haiku Invitational Winners (short interviews, plus video)
— with Cheryl Ashley, Daniel Flaszynski, kjmunro, Vicky Rizzardo, Eduard Tara, and Christine L. Villa
Meet the 2019 VCBF Haiku Invitational Winners (short interviews, plus video)
— with Aaron Barry, Henryk Czempiel, Harvey Jenkins, Mia Lin, Beth Skala, and Neal Whitman
Meet the 2020 VCBF Haiku Invitational Winners (short interviews, plus video)
— with Andreea Buzuc, Marcellin Dallaire-Beaumont, Jeffrey Ferrara, Chen-ou Liu, Ulrike E. Narwani, and Genevieve Wynand
Meet the 2021 VCBF Haiku Invitational Winners (short interviews, plus video)
— with Sebastian Ciobica, Susan Constable, Ann Harreby, Charlotte Hrenchuk, Rita Odeh, and Chad Lee Robinson
Meet the 2022 VCBF Haiku Invitational Winners (short interviews, plus video)
— with Sue Colpitts, Elehna de Sousa, Emily Edwards, P. H. Fischer, Mary McCormack, and Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
Meet the 2023 VCBF Haiku Invitational Winners (short interviews, plus video)
— with Antoinette Cheung, C. Jean Downer, LeRoy Gorman, Polona Oblak, John Pappas, and Isabella Slattery Shannon