April Is Poetry Month! An Interview with Faculty Poet, Bridget Bell
April is Poetry Month and we're thrilled to highlight a new publication by 吃瓜头条 English instructor Bridget Bell. Her book is available at both the Main and Orange County Campus Libraries.
Check out Bridget's awesome interviews with and streaming on WUNC's.
When did you begin writing poetry? How did you decide to write a book of poetry?
I鈥檝e written poetry since I was a little kid. There are some embarrassingly earnest and angsty poems in my childhood journals. Lots of broken heart poems. There鈥檚 one about my cat dying and going to kitty heaven. I went to graduate school for my MFA in creative writing, and the end result of most creative writing MFA programs is a book-length manuscript, so really I wrote my first book during grad school鈥搃t鈥檚 just not published except in the Sarah Lawrence library, so if anyone is ever in Bronxville, New York, you can read it! It鈥檚 called .
You did a lot of research for your book. What was your
