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Kathleen Wakefield (Poetry) “It’s part of the poet’s responsibility to praise the world.”

Kathleen Wakefield lives in Penfield, New York with her husband and two sons. Her book Notations on the Visible World won the 1999 Anhinga Prize for Poetry (Anhinga Press, 2000). She also has a chapbook from State Street Press (1993), There and Back. Her poems have appeared in such journals as the Georgia Review, Image, The Journal, Kenyon Review, and Poetry. She has taught creative writing at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester and worked as a poet-in-residence in several schools in the Rochester area. The following video clips are provided in two formats: for users with high-bandwidth connections, and for users with low-bandwidth connections. Interview and Excerpts Full interview high-bandwidth low-bandwidth "The Lesson" high-bandwidth low-bandwidth Filling little green books… high-bandwidth low-bandwidth Why poetry… high-bandwidth low-bandwidth "Postscript" by Seamus Heaney high-bandwidth low-bandwidth Overcoming writer's block… high-bandwidth low-bandwidth Subtleties of emotion… high-bandwidth low-bandwidth A history of voices… high-bandwidth low-bandwidth On ghost poems… high-bandwidth low-bandwidth