I think I was discovering the metaphysical poets, and I was teaching, among other things, prosody, and the combination of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s devotion and his fabulous prosodical inventions was dizzying. I was probably trying feverishly to fill the gaps in my not-so-rigorous education. James Galvin: At that time, I was teaching at Humboldt State University in California, “behind the redwood curtain,” an incredibly beautiful land- and sea-scape. You must have written it thirty or so years ago-can you recall what you were reading at the time and in what places you composed the poems? Chris DombrowskiĬhris Dombrowski: We just passed the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Elements. The poems included below appeared originally in Elements, and can be found now in Resurrection Update: Collected Poems, 1975-1997, published by Copper Canyon Press. The conversation that follows was conducted over the course of several weeks due to spotty internet at his cabin near Tie Siding, Wyoming, Galvin drove into town so he could respond to questions from the Spic and Span Wireless Laundromat.
Born in Chicago and raised in northern Colorado, Galvin is the author of several celebrated collections of poetry, including, most recently As Is a novel, Fencing the Sky and a book of prose, The Meadow, which has been called “one of the best books ever written about the American West.” Last year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of poet James Galvin’s Elements, one of the most durable and essential poetry collections of its era.
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