Round One = Therese Broderick

Therese Broderick is a writer with an MFA degree, who lives in Albany, New York. She is a wife and a mother to a teenage daughter. Broderick wrote a collection of poems about her daughter, called At April's End. "Most of these poems are autobiographically actual, to the extent that it is possible for my memory or my journal notes to be factual."(At April's End) Broderick writes a lot from her own personal experiences, so you can tell that she is open about her personal life as a writer. "NOTES: This poem was inspired by a car trip I took last Saturday."(Come November) I like how she puts notes at the end of her poems on her blog. It helps to know what she was thinking, and it helps the reader interpret it how it she meant for it to be interpreted. "When I write any new poem, I intend for it to be a beautiful work of human language (spoken/heard) that leads to wonder about the human condition" and "Since I have very little control over the readers of my poems...."(Interview) shows that no matter how the reader interprets it, she has worked hard to make it beautiful. You can tell she takes her time with her work. “Choqpee” is an invented name similar to “Chicopee,” an indigenous word for river rapids.(Selenes) This makes me think if Mrs. Broderick does any research before writing or coming up with ideas for her poems, or if she just uses knowledge she has gained over the years.


Questions:
What made Mrs. Broderick want to write a whole collection of poems about her daughter, starting off as when she was born until she turned 18?
What made Mrs. Broderick want to get a blog to post her work?