Kim Bridgford
| Kim Bridgford | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 1959 |
| Occupation | professor, editor, poet, fiction writer, critic |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
University of Iowa (B.A. and M.F.A.) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D.) |
| Literary movement | New Formalism |
| Notable awards |
Donald Justice Poetry Prize, 2007. Connecticut Professor of the Year, 1994. |
| Spouse | Peter Duval |
| Children | Nick Duval |
Kim Bridgford is an award-winning poet, editor, college professor, fiction writer, and critic. In her poetry, she writes primarily in traditional forms, of which the sonnet is her form of choice.[1] She is the director of the West Chester University Poetry Center.
As editor-in-chief at Mezzo Cammin, a journal of poetry by women, she founded The Mezzo Cammin Women Poets Timeline Project,[2] which is designed to become the world's largest database of women poets.[3][4] She also edited Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose.
Life
Kim Bridgford was born in 1959. She grew up in Coal Valley, Illinois.[5]
She received both her bachelor's degree and master's in fine arts from the University of Iowa. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.[6]
Bridgford joined the faculty of Fairfield University in Connecticut in 1989.[7]
In 1994, she moved to Wallingford, Connecticut with her husband Peter Duval, also an award-winning author of fiction and who later became a professor at Fairfield University as well.[8] In 1996, their son, Nick, was born.
In August 2010, she became the current director of the West Chester University Poetry Center in Pennsylvania,[9] moving to the state with her family. She had been a professor of English at Fairfield University for 21 years.
Distinctions
In 1994, Bridgford was named Connecticut Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[5] In 1999, she obtained a fellowship grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Bridgford was the 2007 Touring Poet for the Connecticut Poetry Circuit.[10] That year, her book Undone received the 2007 Donald Justice Poetry Award.[7]
She is also the recipient of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.[11]
Bibliography
Bridgford has written three books of poetry:
- Undone (Wordtech Communications, April 2003))
- Instead of Maps (Wordtech Communications, May 1, 2005), nominated for the Poets' Prize
- In the Extreme: Sonnets about World Records (Contemporary Poetry Review Press; First edition, June 5, 2007), winner of Donald Justice Poetry Prize
In addition, Bridgford's poetry has appeared in The North American Review, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Iowa Review.[12]
While best known as a poet, she also writes fiction, which have appeared in The Georgia Review, The Massachusetts Review, and Redbook.[5]
External links
References
- ↑ http://www.fairfield.edu/cas/mfa_bridgford.html
- ↑ http://www.mezzocammin.com/timeline/timeline.php?vol=timeline&iss=1&cat=essays&page=home
- ↑ Shannon Moore. "Largest Database Of Women's Poets To Launch In Washington On March 27". All Headline News. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ↑ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2010/03/mondays-art-notes-16.html
- 1 2 3 Verse Daily: Kim Bridgford
- ↑ "Fairfield University - Faculty - Dr. Kim Bridgford". Archived from the original on 2010-08-01.
- 1 2 Sara Quigley In Poetry And Politics Fairfield Professors Rise To The Occasion, Fairfield Mirror (October 10, 2007)
- ↑ Jane Gordon. "NOTICED; Surprised by an Award, but Not Speechless." The New York Times. December 25, 2005
- ↑ Michael Peich "Bridgford Announcement."
- ↑ Nancy Kuhl. "Connecticut Poetry Circuit-- Kim Bridgford." Yale-readings. October 22, 2007.
- ↑ "Wintonbury Library Poetry Series Spring 2004." The Fairfield Review. Last modified: 01/22/2008
- ↑ Extreme: Sonnets about World-Records, Amazon.com Profile