Thank You for Calling
Submission Type
Event
Expected Graduation Date
2014
Location
Room E101, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
Start Date
4-12-2014 10:00 AM
End Date
4-12-2014 11:00 AM
Disciplines
English Language and Literature
Abstract
For this oral presentation, I will read a series of original poems from my Research Honors project in English Writing. My project focuses on my work at a local crisis hotline, where I regularly speak with nameless, disembodied callers in desperate need of a supportive listener, a friendly voice, or emergency suicide intervention. In this series of poems, I echo on the stark honesty of my callers’ confessions and reflect upon my own years of loneliness, depression, and contemplated suicide. The resulting work intimately explores the nature of connection, family, hope, and the power of confessional poetry to provide a voice to those who feel trapped in silence.
Thank You for Calling
Room E101, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
For this oral presentation, I will read a series of original poems from my Research Honors project in English Writing. My project focuses on my work at a local crisis hotline, where I regularly speak with nameless, disembodied callers in desperate need of a supportive listener, a friendly voice, or emergency suicide intervention. In this series of poems, I echo on the stark honesty of my callers’ confessions and reflect upon my own years of loneliness, depression, and contemplated suicide. The resulting work intimately explores the nature of connection, family, hope, and the power of confessional poetry to provide a voice to those who feel trapped in silence.