Interview #14: John Patrick Robbins
Interview # 14: John Patrick Robbins Sy Albright interviews John Patrick Robbins --- poet, author, editor His latest poetry release Smoking at the Gas Pumps https://www.somapublishing.com/2018/11/smoking-at-gas-pumps.html SA: First, let me congratulate you on the major E-book release of “Smoking at the Gas Pumps.” I was fortunate to get an advance peek at the manuscript. I was struck immediately on how well these poem/stories read and how the hard life you describe is beyond stereotypical expectations. Did any of this cross your mind when constructing poems of extraordinary content? JPR: Honestly this book went together extremely quick. After the struggle I went through to get the first one finished which took several years. I was eager to get another one out there. I was fortunate this opportunity came about and challenged myself to complete this book on a very tight deadline. And believe the product is top notch. Sometimes it's good to challenge