Question for Linda Chase

Linda Chase is an American poet living in Manchester. Her two published collections are The Wedding Spy and Extended Family. She is the co-ordinator of the Poetry School Manchester and artistic director of Poets And Players. Hometown: Long Island, New York. How would you describe your work? Poetry. Who are your influences? Mostly American poets of the Fifties and Sixties – William Carlos Williams, Robert Frost, E E Cummings, Allen Ginsberg. What's the first book you remember reading? I was never much of a reader, due to being dyslexic and finding reading to be a kind of torture, which, from time to time, I might choose if the rewards were great enough. I did spend one whole summer reading Anna Karenina in my teens and felt a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Who is your favourite literary character? I think I will answer... [read full story]