Paige Riehl is the author of the poetry collection Suspension (Terrapin Books, 2018) and the poetry chapbook Blood Ties (Finishing Line Press, 2014). Her poetry has appeared in numerous publications such as Artful Dodge, Crab Orchard Review, Water-Stone Review, Portland Review, and Meridian. She was a finalist for the 2017 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry and winner of the Loft Mentor Series in Poetry. Currently a Contributing Editor for Midway Journal, she served for many years as Poetry Editor and as a volunteer poetry mentor for the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. She is an English faculty member at Anoka-Ramsey Community College. Read more about Riehl here http://paigeriehl.com/
PAIGE RIEHL: Thank you, Claire, for speaking with me about your fourth book of poetry, Meltwater, a Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Finalist and a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in poetry. Congratulations! I am so drawn to this collection for numerous reasons, one of which is the way you illustrate the complexities of existing as a person amid an ongoing… Read more →
PAIGE RIEHL: Thank you, Michael, for taking time to talk about An Incomplete List of Names (Beacon Press, 2020). I was so thrilled for you when I saw that An Incomplete List of Names was a National Poetry Series winner. Your manuscript Homeboys with Slipped Halos was a finalist for the Lindquist and Vennum Prize for Poetry with Milkweed Editions… Read more →
The damp rust-colored spot like a dry lily on the pink underwear, the ache in her middle, the smell of wet cement or leaves decaying. Her best friend has a paper bag hidden in her locker, sealed with 20 staples at the folded top. In the semi-privacy of the “Hiny-Hider” stall, the bag crackles, the noise echoing a… Read more →