Kim Bridgeford
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Kim Bridgford is an award-winning poet, Professor of English at Fairfield University since 1989; Editor of Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose and the 2007 Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet.[1]
Bridgford is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, and has written three books of poetry:
- Undone (Wordtech Communications, April 2003)), which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize;
- Instead of Maps (Wordtech Communications, May 1, 2005), which was nominated for the Poets' Prize; and
- In the Extreme: Sonnets about World Records (Contemporary Poetry Review Press; First edition, June 5, 2007), for which she won the 2007 Donald Justice Poetry Award sponsored by the Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards at the West Chester University Poetry Center.[2]
In addition, Bridgford's poetry has appeared in The North American Review, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Iowa Review.[3]
Professor Bridgford received her bachelor's degree and master's in fine arts from the University of Iowa; and her doctorate degree from the University of Illinois.[4]
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- ^ In Poetry And Politics Fairfield Professors Rise To The Occasion, Fairfield Mirror (October 4, 2007)
- ^ In Poetry And Politics Fairfield Professors Rise To The Occasion, Fairfield Mirror (October 4, 2007)
- ^ Extreme: Sonnets about World-Records, Amazon.com Profile
- ^ Fairfield University :: Faculty Contacts by Name
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