Printable view of Kim Bridgford

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

West Chester, PA

Pennsylvania US

Email:

kbridgford@yahoo.com

Bio:

I think of myself as a woman-poet entrepreneur. In addition to doing my own writing and directing the West Chester University Poetry Center and Poetry Conference, I edit an online journal of formalist poetry by women, Mezzo Cammin, www.mezzocammin.com [2], and I founded The Mezzo Cammin Women Poets Timeline Project, which will eventually be the largest database of women poets in the world.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Moline

Raised in:

Coal Valley, IL

Illinois

Website:

https://www.wcupoetrycenter.com [3]

Prizes won:

NEA Fellowship, Connecticut Commission on the Arts grant, Ucross fellowship; second prize for a poem from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada; Alpha Sigma Nu Teacher of the Year, Connecticut Professor of the Year.

What I'm reading now:

Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat

See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid

The Best of It by Kay Ryan

Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

Identifies as:

Swedish American

Prefers to work with:

Any