Daniel Cowper’s debut poetry collection, Grotesque Tenderness, was recently published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. The book is divided into five parts, three of which are discrete poem sequences and two of which are collections of poems on regret and relationships. Beyond that, he’s the Poetry Editor of PULP Literature and he’s married to poet Emily Osborne.

In this episode of Cover to Cover with . . ., Editor-in-Chief Jordan Blum speaks with Cowper about Grotesque Tenderness, the pros and cons of workshopping creative writing, combining personal, historical, geographical, and mythical inspirations, and more!

– Daniel Cowper