Carrie Chappell is the author of Loving Tallulah Bankhead (Paris Heretics, 2022) and Quarantine Daybook (Bottlecap Press, 2021). Her poetry has been included in The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume X: Alabama (TRP: The University Press of SHSU 2023); Iron Horse Literary Review; Juke Joint, Nashville Review, Redivider, and SWIMM. Her lyric and book essays have been published in DIAGRAM, Fanzine, New Delta Review, The Iowa Review, The Rumpus, The Rupture, and Xavier Review.
Over the last ten years, Carrie has taught literature, language, culture, and creative writing for institutions such as University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, CY Cergy Paris University, University Sorbonne-Nouvelle, University Paris Dauphine-PSL, and Oxbridge Academic Programs.
Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Carrie holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans. Each April she curates Verse of April, the digital anthology of homage to the poets. One of her newest ventures is Spiritual Material: Musings from My Second-Hand, Parisian Wardrobe, which she hosts via Substack.
As a current doctoral student in French Literature at CY Cergy Paris University, Carrie is working on a research-creation project around the poetic novels of Hélène Bessette. Presently, she teaches English as a Foreign Language at Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM) and lives in Paris, France.
Interviews
Carrie Chappell on City of Muses in conversation with Jennifer Geraghty of Paris Underground Radio
Carrie Chappell and Amanda Murphy in conversation with Marissa Davis of Four Way Review on the subject of their co-translation of Sandra Moussempès’ Cassandra at point-blank range
Carrie Chappell in conversation with Krystal Kenney of La Vie Créative podcast about her Paris beginnings, poetry, and the making of Loving Tallulah Bankhead
Carrie Chappell in conversation with Em J Parsley of Juke Joint Magazine on Tallulah Bankhead, the U.S. Southeast, and life in Paris
Carrie Chappell in conversation with 826 New Orleans, formerly Big Class, about the founding of the Pizza Poetry Project for National Poetry Month
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