One Question Interview: Triny Finlay

Triny Finlay was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in Toronto. Her most recent poetry collection is called Histories Haunt Us.

The title seems like the love-child of a biography and Poe story.  Do you believe in ghosts, either in the conventional or unconventional sense of the word?

Oh, this is a really complex question. The book is indeed about being haunted by the past, and there are lots of ghosts in there. It started with a story about my great-grandmother, who is long dead. There...