(Photo: philipmemmer.com)

This week, Marguerite Mitchell-Sundberg speaks with local writer and Director of the Downtown Writer’s Center, Phil Memmer, who recently released his fourth book The Storehouses of the Snow: Psalms, Parables and Dreams. Memmer’s past work has appeared in such journals as Poetry, Poetry Northwest, Mid-American Review, Poetry London, and in several anthologies.

Alicia Ostriker calls The Storehouses of the Snow ”both bitter and brilliant…. Every poem here made me catch my breath in astonishment at Phil Memmer’s bold imagination and the sacred relentlessness of his quest.”

You can find out more about Phil Memmer’s work at www.philipmemmer.com. To learn how to get involved with the Downtown Writer’s Center, visit their website at http://www.ymcaofgreatersyracuse.org/arts/programs.aspx.

Here is the full interview: