The Writer’s Chronicle Explores the Mind of Katharine Coles

Katharine Coles was interviewed by Martin Naparsteck in the October/November 2011 issue of The Writer's Chronicle. Naparsteck explores how the author's experiences and surroundings influence her language and work; he also questions her view of the relationship "between the way a poet seeks the truth and the way a scientist seeks it."

The full text of the interview is reproduced below.

Katharine Coles was appointed in 2006 to serve a five-year term as the Poet Laureate of Utah. She has published four books of poetry (Fault