Autumn Koors-Foltz (any/they/them) is a poet from Baltimore, MD. They are currently earning their MFA in poetry from Colorado State University. She holds a BFA from the University of Maine at Farmington in Creative Writing and English. Autumn has embarked on various research endeavors on topics including contemporary poetics, queer letter-writing, and reality television. They are the Senior Student Advisor for Sigma Tau Delta. Among many topics that thrill them, they’re passionate about building community, making playlists, and writing letters.
- I chose to become an English Major because I’m passionate about language as a means of understanding ourselves, our worlds, and our communities. Being an English major is a commitment to deep engagement in thinking deeply and critically.
- My favorite part of being an English Major is committing to a life of deep scholarship that comes from curiosity, listening, and resonance!
- The last book I read was Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A. by Eve Babitz.
- My favorite book is We Want it All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics edited by Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel, but I have many favorites!
- A character I identify with is the women who come and go speaking of Michelangelo in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot.
- The last book I bought was This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets edited by Kwame Alexander, and I have read it.
- My favorite book to movie adaptation is Forbidden Planet as an adaptation of The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
- I’m equally a reader and a writer.
- My favorite style of writing is poetry.
- My go-to children’s book is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
- My favorite childhood memory is having all the time in the world to read!
- Growing up, I was sure I would be a dog groomer when I was in 3rd grade, and I distinctly remember in kindergarten wanting to be a dolphin trainer.
- My first job was food service.
- My dream job in the literary or academic sphere.
- I like to spend my free time listening to music, making bracelets, and playing on my 3DS.
- The destination at the top of my travel bucket list is the Jersey Shore house.
- The literary place I’d most like to visit is Denver Zine Library.
- If I could move anywhere in the world, I’d live in a place with affordable rent and a great community.
- If I was stranded on a desert island, the three things I would bring with me are a notebook, a pencil, and a CD player.
- The one song I could listen to on repeat is “Linger” by the Cranberries
- The best gifts I ever received were a mix-CD at the end of my undergraduate career, a specific t-shirt I’d been wanting for months, and also The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism.
- The best gift I’ve ever given is not up to me to decide! I do love giving gifts and hope that my loved ones enjoy it, too.
- If you find me in the kitchen, I’m typically whipping up allergy-friendly meals.
- If I could try any food from a book or series, it would be anything from the Whistle Stop Cafe from Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg.
- The author (dead or alive) I’d most like to spend a day with is the unknown writer of Beowulf.
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