Sharan Strange
The series “Engaging Poetry” considers the larger humanistic aims of poetry through examining the craft of poems that are courageous (and playful) in their truth-telling, and that invite us to more deeply see, feel, think about, and connect with the experiences of others. The hope is that readers of this blog will be inspired to engage—with new insights and new approaches—the empathetic impulses that frame their writing. Click here to read Sharan’s blog posts.
Sharan Strange teaches writing at Spelman College and is a community board member of Poetry Atlanta. She has also served as the Bruce McEver Visiting Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech. Her poems and essays have been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including Agni, The American Poetry Review, Callaloo, Mosaic, Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of African American Poetry, Bearden’s Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden, The Best American Poetry, and Inspired Georgia, among others.
