Interview about Sarah Piatt with Dr. Karen L. Kilcup by Dr. Elizabeth Renker

Abstract

Interview with Dr. Karen L. Kilcup about her recovery work on nineteenth-century women writers and her efforts as a first-wave scholar of Sarah Piatt. Dr. Kilcup describes the research for her book, Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers: An Anthology, and how she came to work on Piatt. She also discusses Piatt’s poetry for children, her reception history, and significant poems. Interview conducted via Zoom by Professor Elizabeth Renker from the Department of English at The Ohio State University.