Poet Joan Kwon Glass, whose recent collections have focused on grief, recovery, and life after great loss, will read from her works at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Governors Room in the Overman Student Center at Pittsburg State University.
An exciting time to be a poet : Middlesex teacher named Milford s poet laureate
Bill Bloxsom
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Joan Kwon Glass is Milford s second Poet Laureate.Milford Library / Contributed photo
MILFORD Although Joan Kwon Glass has been writing poetry since she was in kindergarten, the national spotlight that President Joe Biden’s inauguration shone on poets has made this an especially exciting time to be one.
“I think the presidential inauguration brought poetry to the forefront when Amanda Gorman was chosen to recite her poem ‘The Hill We Climb,’” said Glass, who teaches social studies in Darien.
“She was the first National Youth Poet Laureate to do so. I think bringing in a young person got people excited,” Glass said. “It is an exciting time to be a poet, and I want to run off that energy here in Milford.”