What Does it Mean to be a "Poet of Witness?"


Carolyn Forché, author of Otherwhere, explains how poets are informed by endured suffering and how it impacts the creative imagination.

Carolyn Forché is an American poet, translator, and memoirist. In 2013, Forché received the Academy of American Poets Fellowship given for distinguished poetic achievement. For more on this writer visit https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Carolyn-Forche/242104149.