POETRY THEORY & PRACTICE
Evan Jones, “A.F. Moritz: In Which The Journey Is A Dream,” The Civilizing Discourse: Interviews with Canadian Poets, Vehicule Press, 2024, pp. 135-150.
Sachi Nag, “Al Moritz,” Craft Interview, The Artisanal Writer, December 1, 2021. [website] | [pdf]
Lauren Peat, “Interview – A.F. Moritz,” Volume Poetry IV, February 15, 2021. [website] | [pdf]
Steven W. Beattie, “A.F. Moritz on being poet laureate, his new chapbook, and ‘the glory and the tragedy of being human,’” Quill & Quire, April 25, 2019. [website] | [pdf]
James Lindsay, “A Poem Discloses Something: An Interview with A. F. Moritz,” Open Book. May 25, 2018 [website] | [pdf]
Evan Jones. “A. F. Moritz Interviewed by Evan Jones.” CNQ Online. January 13, 2017 [webstite] | [pdf]
James Wood, Transcript of the full interview behind the Prism article, directly below. Sequence: An Extended Interview [webpage] | [pdf]
James Wood, “‘In poetry, what is learned is of the blood,’ An interview with award-winning poet A.F. Moritz,” PRISM Online. April 11, 2016 [website] | [pdf]
Grace O’Connell, “Poetry Month Special: Talking with Anansi Poets A. F. Moritz, Erin Mourê, and Karen Solie. Open Book Toronto Online, April 15, 2015. [website link has expired] | [pdf]
CBC Canada Writes, “CBC Magic 8: A. F. Moritz on the ‘Illiterature’ of Poetry,” CBC Books Online, April 3, 2015 [website link has expired] | [pdf]
Samantha Ainsworth, “Connectivity of Humanity Through Language: Samantha Ainsworth in Conversation with A. F. Moritz,” Malahat Review Online, 2014 [website] | [pdf]
Sue Sinclair, “Moritz on Beauty,” Lemonhound. April 9, 2013 [website] | [pdf]
Damian Rogers, “A. F. Moritz, Bio and Micro-Interview,” Poetry In Voice [website] | [pdf]
Marc Vincenz. “Not Just Contemplating a Rock. An Interview with A. F. Moritz,” Open Letters Monthly. October 1, 2009 [website] | [pdf]
AUDIO/VIDEO
Meetings in the Mystery
Meeting the Mystery
Host: Jordan Weir
Episode 15: Poetry as Medicine for Our World with Al Moritz
Airdate: July 17, 2025.
HERE & NOW
CBC
Host: Gill Deacon [Julianne Hazelwood]
Episode: Introducing The Lost Launches
Airdate: March 29, 2022
Emotion Put Into Measure: Poetry Matters
Spotify
Hosts: Alex & Richard
Episode: A Talk with Al Moritz
Airdate: February 11, 2021
HOWL
CIUT.FM
Host: Valentina Assenza
Episode: A.F. Moritz [Last 30 Minutes]
Airdate: August 4, 2020
As Far as You Know
October 2020
Poet David O’Meara in conversation with Griffin Prize Winner and Toronto Poet Laureate A.F. Moritz.
Podcast, Poetry, Song, and Humanism
Summer 2020
Poet Laureate A.F. Moritz takes part in an extended interview for the new “Different Boat Same Storm” podcast.
BONUS: POET LAUREATE PRESSERS
George Elliot Clarke, “Anecdotes about Luciano Iacobelli,” ACCENTi, The Magazine with an Italian Accent, November 22, 2022. [website] | [pdf]
Deborah Dundas, “Toronto Poet Laureate A.F. Moritz Finds a Place to Celebrate Local Writer and Hold the Book Launches They Almost Lost,” The Star, March 28, 2022 [website] | [pdf]
Kathy Flaxman, “Dead Poets Come Alive at the Art Bar Poetry Series’ Event at Clinton’s,” The Star, February 20, 2022 [website] | [pdf]
Michael Enright, “Books for Solace, Perspective, and Connection during Self-Isolation,” CBC Radio, March 23, 2020. [website] | [pdf]
Michael Enright, “Poet A.F. Moritz on the Under-appreciation of Sparrows, Poetry’s Uselessness, and More,” CBC Radio, December 19, 2019. [website] | [pdf]
Deborah Dundas, “Thoughts in Time of Plague” and “Poetry of a Pandemic: Toronto’s Poet Laureate Explains How He Approached Writing About Covid-19 Crisis,” The Star, April 1, 2020. [website] | [pdf]
Brendan Kennedy, “Redpath Sugar asked Toronto’s Poet Laureate to write a poem for its anniversary, but he refused to sugar-coat it,” The Star, May 23, 2019. [website] | [pdf]
Steven W. Beattie, “A.F. Moritz on being poet laureate, his new chapbook, and ‘the glory and the tragedy of being human,’” Quill & Quire, April 25, 2019. [website] | [pdf]
A.F. Moritz, “Read Toronto Poet Laureate Al Moritz’s Poem Commemorating Van Attack Tragedy,” The Star, April 23, 2019. [website] | [pdf]
City of Toronto: Press Release: Poet Laureate [pdf]
City of Toronto: The Role of Toronto’s Poet Laureate [website] [pdf]
Edward Keenan, “Toronto’s new poet laureate A. F. Moritz gets what life is like here,” The Star, March 6, 2019 [website] | [pdf]
Steven W. Beattie, “A. F. Moritz Named Toronto’s Sixth Poet Laureate,” Quill and Quire, March 6, 2019 [website] | [pdf]
Johshua Freeman, “Al Moritz Named Next Poet Laureate,” CP24 dot com, March 6, 2019 [website] | [pdf]
David Rider, “New Poet Laureate, A. F. Moritz, calls Toronto an ‘outstanding little city-state,” The Star, March 6, 2019 [website] | [pdf]
SELECT AUDIO/VIDEO
CBC Q
CBC
Host: Tom Power
Episode: A.F. Moritz, “Thoughts in Time of Plague,”
Airdate: April 28, 2020
As it Happens
CBC
Hosts: Carol Off & Jeff Douglas
Excerpt: “The Current of Sugar,” from Northern Plights
Airdate: May 24, 2019
METRO MORNING
CBC
Host: Matt Galloway
Episode: Introducing Toronto’s New Poet Laureate
Airdate: March 8, 2019
“Exactly Here the Marvel Spoke”
March 2021
Poet Laureate A.F. Moritz reads at a virtual Toronto City Council meeting on March 10, 2021.
CBC Q
May 2020
CBC Q Facebook presents Toronto’s Poet Laureate reading his poem, “Thoughts in Time of Plague.”
“Thoughts in Time of Plague”
Spring 2020
Toronto’s Poet Laureate reads his poem, “Thoughts in Time of Plague,” published in the Toronto Star on April 1, 2020.
Toronto’s Poet Laureate
March 2019
A. F. Moritz reads his poem, “By St. Nicholas Ukrainian Church” to Toronto City Council to celebrate the beginning of National Poetry Month and to mark his selection as Toronto’s Next Poet Laureate on March 28, 2019.