Kim Bridgford | |
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Born | Coal Valley, Illinois, U.S. | August 8, 1959
Died | June 28, 2020 Bettendorf, Iowa, U.S. | (aged 60)
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Alma mater | University of Iowa (B.A. and M.F.A.) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D.) |
Literary movement | New Formalism |
Notable awards | Connecticut Professor of the Year (1994) Donald Justice Poetry Prize (2007) |
Spouse | Peter Duval |
Children | 1 |
Kim Suzanne Bridgford (August 8, 1959 – June 28, 2020) was an American poet, writer, critic, and academic. In her poetry, she wrote primarily in traditional forms, particularly sonnets.[1] She was the director of Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference, established in 2014 and first held in May 2015.[2] She directed the West Chester University Poetry Conference from 2010-14.
As editor-in-chief at Mezzo Cammin, a journal of poetry by women, she founded The Mezzo Cammin Women Poets Timeline Project,[3] which is designed to become the world's largest database of women poets.[4][5] She was formerly the editor of Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose.