- Kim Bridgeford
Kim Bridgford is an award-winning poet, Professor of English at
Fairfield University since 1989; Editor of and the 2007 Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet. [ [http://media.www.fairfieldmirror.com/media/storage/paper148/news/2007/10/04/News/In.Poetry.And.Politics.Fairfield.Professors.Rise.To.The.Occasion-3008336.shtml "In Poetry And Politics Fairfield Professors Rise To The Occasion," Fairfield Mirror (October 4, 2007)] ]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 thePulitzer Prize ;
*"Instead of Maps" (Wordtech Communications, May 1, 2005), which was nominated for thePoets' 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. [ [http://media.www.fairfieldmirror.com/media/storage/paper148/news/2007/10/04/News/In.Poetry.And.Politics.Fairfield.Professors.Rise.To.The.Occasion-3008336.shtml "In Poetry And Politics Fairfield Professors Rise To The Occasion," Fairfield Mirror (October 4, 2007)] ] In addition, Bridgford's poetry has appeared in The North American Review, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Iowa Review. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0978599780 "Extreme: Sonnets about World-Records," Amazon.com Profile] ]Professor Bridgford received her bachelor's degree and master's in fine arts from the
University of Iowa ; and her doctorate degree from theUniversity of Illinois . [ [http://www.fairfield.edu/x5740.html Fairfield University :: Faculty Contacts by Name ] ]External links
* [http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/dogwood/ Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose]
* [http://www.wcupa.edu/_academics/sch_cas/poetry/justiceaward.htm Donald Justice Poetry Award]References
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