Inside the Writer’s Head Podcast: Bonus Episode with Pauletta Hansel

On this bonus episode of the “Inside the Writer’s Head” podcast, Dani McClain interviews the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library's 2022 Writer-in-Residence Pauletta Hansel, opens a new window. Pauletta is a poet, memoirist, teacher, editor, and the author of nine poetry collections including her newest book, Heartbreak Tree, coming in 2022. She served as the first poet laureate of Cincinnati from April 2016 through March 2018. She received her M.F.A. from Queens University of Charlotte and an M.Ed. from Xavier University.  

Listen in to this wide-ranging interview covering teaching, poetry, community engagement through writing, and Pauletta's plans for her first year as Writer-in-Residence.

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Our Writer-in-Residence program is made possible by The Library Foundation, opens a new window. The Library Foundation is dedicated to ensuring a great library system by raising, managing, and allocating funds to expand and enhance the Library's programs. Your donations allow the Library Foundation to fund system-wide and branch-specific initiatives as well as programming for minds of all kinds. 

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