Donkey Alley bEstate/b: An Interview With Ben Borek. By Lander bHawes/b. 3:AM: What were your influences for writing a fiction-length poem? It seems unusual. BB: I suppose it's a little unusual. There are more verse-novels (or novels in ... How involved were you in this bside/b of the production? BB: Well, I decided I liked the idea of an illustrated book and got searching online. I found the society of illustrators, and looked through lots of people's portfolios that were linked. ...