Julia Spicher Kasdorf is Professor of English and Women's Studies at Penn State University, and an accomplished poet. She took a sabbatical last year to visit areas of Pennsylvania affected by Marcellus Shale development, and is now completing a collection of documentary poetry based on her interviews with local residents. WPSU's Kristine Allen speaks with Kasdorf about her recent foray into "docupoetry."
Note: Kasdorf will read from her work, Shale Play, Wed, Oct 1 at 12:10pm at the Palmer Museum of Art, in conjunction with the museum's Marcellus Shale Documentary Project.