Essays
“A Sudden Happiness”—The Poetry of Deborah Warren
This essay originally appeared in The Hollins Critic, February, 2011
Book Reviews
The Clandestine Poet, a review of Maryann Corbett’s In Code
This review appeared in The University Bookman, October 25, 2020
Rhina P. Espaillat and the Lyre of Orpheus, Alfred Nicol Reviews Rhina P. Espaillat’s And After All
This review appeared in Marginalia / LA Review of Books on April 12, 2019
Let Us Watch Richard Wilbur, by Robert Bagg & Mary Bagg
This review appeared on the Woven Tale Press website, Fall, 2017.
The Fortunes of Poetry in an Age of Unmaking by James Matthew Wilson
This review originally appeared in American Arts Quarterly, Fall, 2016.
Her Place in These Designs by Rhina Espaillat
This review originally appeared on the Per Contra website, January, 2012.
Very Far North by Tim Murphy
This review originally appeared in The Edge City Review, Fall, 2002
Even As We Speak by Len Krisak
Talk
Alfred Nicol Interviews A. M. Juster
A poet with a background very unlike that of most contemporary poets, Juster talks about auspicious and inauspicious trends in contemporary poetry and his own approach to the craft of writing and translating verse. This interview appeared in Better Than Starbucks, July 2020
Write Now Television Program: Alfred Nicol
Gayle Heney talks with me about Animal Psalms on this program recorded in May, 2016.
Talking About Robert Frost
This talk was presented at The Frost Farm in Derry, NH, July 24, 2011
Alfred Nicol Interviewed by Amanda Mooers
This interview first appeared in the Cervena Barva Press Newsletter, May, 2009
Alfred Nicol Interviewed by Christine Yurick, editor of Think Journal
Alfred Nicol Talks to Vicki Hendrickson About Teaching Writing
This is a promotional video for Newburyport Adult and Community Education
Poet to Poet, Writer to Writer Television Program: Alfred Nicol
I chat with Doug Holder and read several poems from Animal Psalms on this program recorded Aug. 10, 2016.
Alfred Nicol Interviewed by Doug Holder
This is an edited transcript of Doug Holder’s program, “Poet to Poet, Writer to Writer,” recorded in March, 2007.