Astra Pigott, editor and good friend of Kerry Burton-Galley, caught up with her (virtually, over hot chocolate) to talk about The One Before the First — how it began as one enormous, chaotic Word document, the ten years it took to shape, and why sharing a poem sometimes feels like handing someone your browser history.

Well, they’re here! Thirty copies of The One Before the First. It took long enough, mind you!

The first batch I ordered through Amazon. I love the ease of KDP, I really do—but ordering author copies is an absolute nightmare.