Shortly before Assoc. Prof. Lim-Sandra Sandra Lim completed her Ph.D. in English page English literature, she decided to take a chance on her poetry and apply to M.F.A. programs in creative鈥, Q: Why do you write poetry?, A:, Fundamentally, I think I write to examine and make sense of life 鈥 my own life and the life of the world 鈥 and to feel the freshness and grace and oddity of social, natural and inner worlds. Life鈥, Q: Why should people read poetry?, A:, I don鈥檛 think poetry should be foisted upon people like a multivitamin or offered up as some sugary treat. It can lend depth of feeling to some people, or a clarity of perception to others 鈥 these鈥, Q: What poems or poets do you find yourself returning to again and again, and what are you reading right now?, A:, I often go back to Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens, George Oppen or Sylvia Plath, to name a few. Right now, it is hard to concentrate, but I have been thumbing through the works of some鈥, Q: How do you teach creative writing?, A:, One of the first things, especially when you teach younger adults, is to help them understand that it鈥檚 a craft. There are a lot of preconceptions that you have to undo. Poetry isn鈥檛 just writing鈥, Q: Much of your work is written in free verse. Do you teach structured forms like the sonnet to students as a way of demonstrating the tools of the trade?, A:, When I鈥檓 teaching poetry as part of Intro to Creative Writing, we talk about syntax, line, image, repetition, voice and echo, etc. We鈥檒l look at more fixed forms like villanelles and sestinas, and I鈥, Q: How would you describe your experience as part of UML鈥檚 creative writing faculty?, A:, I feel so lucky to be surrounded by terrific colleagues: fellow Dietz-Maggie poet Maggie Dietz and fiction and nonfiction writers Dubus-Andre Andre Dubus III and Stanton-Maureen Maureen Stanton鈥
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