Hello world!

Hello! Welcome to my first blog post! Wow, this is crazy.

A little about me:

• I grew up in Indiana, where I still live!

• I'm currently working towards a degree in English Education at Purdue University.

• I'm 19 years old (and not ready to be twenty).

• I'm a poet first and foremost, but I have interest in writing Y/A literature and literary analysis essays.

• I absolutely adore all literature that is progressive, inventive and unprecedented.

I started writing poetry in the spring semester of my freshman year of college (which ended about... a month ago.) Since then, I've dedicated a lot of time to my craft. I found that writing has provided a really solid coping mechanism for me to work through trauma and grief. Furthermore, writing has been a lovely tool to handle the complex emotions that come along with growing as a human first and an adolescent second. While I've always had a fondness for writing, these past few months have really deepened my love of the craft. I can't wait to continue!

Thanks for checking out my blog! I hope you stay a while.

Signed,

Zachary Hodges