Seneca Village and Sacred Sisters: A Visit From Poet Marilyn Nelson
Photograph by Jenny Spinner I've long been a fan of poet Marilyn Nelson--of her adept use of traditional forms, her extended explorations of history and personal spirituality, her desire to reach a wide readership that includes middle- and high-schoolers and not just the usual, insular adult audience sought by most poets. Marilyn is also impressively prolific, with two new collections published in quick succession-- American Ace : ...and My Seneca Village : Earlier this week, Marilyn paid a visit to Saint Joseph's University, to read in our Writing Series. Among the poems she shared were a couple of very striking newer ones from Sacred Sisters, a collaboration with visual artist Holly Trostle Brigham . Marilyn's poems and Holly's paintings depict the lives of nuns who also were artists. This one was first published by the Academy of American Poets in their Poem-a-Day program : Hilaria Batista...