The Quality of Self-Belief
Poet and author Paisley Rekdal delivered the 51st Bennington Writing Seminars Commencement address at the program's virtual winter residency.
Paisley Rekdal Addresses Graduates of the Bennington Writing Seminars Class of January 2020
Paisley Rekdal is the author of four books of nonfiction, and six books of poetry, including Nightingale and Appropriate: A Provocation.
What keeps a writer going is something outside of talent. It's something people either innately possess in spades, or, with care and vigilance, they learn to nurture.
Paisley Rekdal
Rekdal's work has received the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NEA Fellowship, Pushcart Prizes, a Fulbright Fellowship, and various state arts council awards. She teaches at the University of Utah and is Utah’s Poet Laureate.
January 2021 Graduates
Members of the January Class of 2021 celebrated their graduation with a virtual ceremony.