Oulipost Interview

1. What excites you about Oulipost?
Creating poems from a newspaper. I rarely read newspapers.
2. What, if anything, scares you about Oulipost?
Well, creating poems from a newspaper! Like I said, I rarely read newspapers. :-)
3. Have you written experimental or found poetry before? If so, tell us about it.
In April 2013, I was one of 85 poets who participated in the Pulitzer Remix. I created thirty found poems from the text of the very first novel to win a Pulitzer, "His Family". One of my favourite found poems from that process was the tribute poem I created on April 4, the death anniversary of Kurt Cobain. If anyone would like to read the thirty poems I created, do let me know and I will make them available to you.
4. What newspaper will serve as your source text?
The Daily Nation.
5. Who's your spirit Oulipian?
Michele Audin. Female mathematician. And Rebel, according to this entry from Wikipedia: "On January 1, 2009, she refused to receive the Legion of Honour, on the grounds that the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, had refused to respond to a letter written by her mother regarding the disappearance of her father."