Poetry Lives in the Body: Self-care in the Writing Process

Poet Nadia Colburn shares advice for poets working in difficult material, plus insights from the process behind her collection, The High Shelf

I had the pleasure of interviewing poet Nadia Colburn about the parallels between the writing process and healing work, her approach to self-care, and the process behind her collection, The High Shelf.

We talked about:

• Nadia’s journey from book draft to publication

• Self-care practices for writers, particularly when writing from difficult personal material

• P…