Interview With Carol Ann Duffy
https://www.lincolnreview.org/interviewwithcaduffy
This interview, available here in both audio and written form, digs into Carol Ann Duffy's technical and philosophical approach to poetry. Throughout, she stresses her interest in literary and aesthetic goals, and her desire to avoid engaging in punditry in spite of her popularity as a writer. Duffy's statements here shed light on the painstaking work that makes a seemingly simple poem like "Mean Time" so complex and multilayered.