Interview: GTC Dorgan
GTC Dorgan’s “Free Ride On The WRTA” is one of the poems that will appear in the inaugural issue of 3Decker. Here is a little interview with Gennifer speaking in their capacity as a poet living and working in Worcester County. The inaugural 3Decker issue will be arriving very soon!
Tell us about your accepted poem(s). What inspired it/them?
I love public transportation and thought a bus line would be a good topic for a poem. In fact, I think a poem about every WRTA line would make a cool chapbook to read on a bus or train. Unfortunately, that project would take more time than I will probably ever have. Maybe others would like to write poems about “their” lines?
What is your writing process?
I rode the bus with a draft of this poem on my phone and tweaked it a little after each ride. I think it took about two years to write. As you can imagine, my poetic oeuvre is pretty small.
Where can we find more of your work?
Here and there on the internet.
What makes Worcester feel like home to you? What’s your favorite thing about Worcester County?
I come from a small town, and Worcester has everything I ever wanted in a city. Buses, for instance. I mean, it would be great if there were more of them. But still.
Tell us an unusual fact about who you are.
I’m helping to curate a medieval manuscript and early printed book exhibit at UMass Amherst’s DuBois Library this March.
