Christopher McCurry: You’ve got two new books out, Our Father in the Year of the Wolf  (WordFarm, 2016) and These Intricacies (Wipf and Stock, 2015), what’s it like honoring and promoting each work? Because, honestly, I’m imagining having two newborn babies needing your undivided attention. 

Dave Harrity: Oddly enough, this is a pattern in my life—my wife and I have two kids 11 months apart. Finally found something I’m good at. Ha! In earnest, it’s been tough giving them both their fair due. The saving grace of the whole things is that the books are quite different—These Intricacies is spiritual and meditative, as well as accessible and straightforward. Our Father is another matter—it’s conceptual and more transgressive. The book is also experimental or ecstatic in some places, playing with a diversity of motifs, texts, and tropes. For me, this means I’ve got two different audiences to consider. I tend to read from one or the other based on the audience, or steer a potential reader to one or the other once I understand his or her preferences. When I go to teach a workshop, I tend to sell These Intricacies; at a literary reading, Our Father. But it’s most dependent on what the person in front of me is looking for from poetry. Continue reading →