Poetry as Autobiography: Hannah Sullivan and Richard Eyre

Poets have often used their own experiences for their poems. But I came across two collections from recent years that seemed to take experience a bit further and write autobiography in poetic form. 

Hannah Sullivan studied classics at Cambridge and then attended Harvard, where she received a Ph.D. in English and American literature. She lived in New York City for a time, and then for three years was an assistant professor of English literature at Stanford University in California. She eventually returned to Britain and now is an associate professor at New College, Oxford.

Her experiences in New York and California left a powerful imprint, so much so that she published a poetry collection in 2018 that is an autobiographical memoir. 

To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry. 

Some Tuesday Readings

 

On the porch – poem by Margaret Coats at the Society of Classical Poets.

 

The White Dove – poem by David Whyte.

 

Cerulean – poem by Karla Van Vliet t Every Day Poems.

 

Another Winter – poem by Shamik Bannerjee at Society of Classical Poets.

 

“The Rolling English Road,” poem by G.K. Chesterton – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.