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Name: Erin Francisco
Class Year: 2009
Major: English Literature, Music
Hometown, State, Country: Laurens, New York, USA
UK Project: Contemporary English Poetry in the UK
What I hope to learn: I acknowledge the relevance of experimenting and exposing oneself to a vast array of poetry; to seek the influential nature of other poets and what mediums they work with in order to better express the content of their poetry. I am interested to know what variants of today’s world are affecting the subjects and focus of English poetry. A current American education in poetry discusses many contemporary US writers, who have traveled extensively outside of the country’s boarders, yet it only addresses poets from the United Kingdom who composed poetry centuries ago. I want to know what is happening now.