Polly Geller '90

"The comparative literature degree was extremely beneficial to me as i still use interdisciplinary means of communication."

I have been a graduate at Otis College of Art & Design since 2007. This fall is my last semester before I embark on my thesis. I am majoring in Writing, emphasis on Poetry. I was recently published in The Strip, a literary journal which publishes MFA work from around the US.  And last month, had my first collaborative poetry reading at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. I am cofounder of 3+3, a poetry organization which seeks to bridge young poets with established poets. Prior to embarking on my love affair with poetics, I was an on-camera and voice-over actor. I make a living working with my hands and "pushing skin" as a massage therapist (a calling which, pardon the pun always comes in handy and has been a grounding force in my life). The comparative literature degree was extremely beneficial to me as i still use interdisciplinary means of communication (i love taking digital pictures; and am a recorded jazz vocalist) in all i create. Words and language are my life and soon with my MFA degree, I hope to be able to teach anywhere in the world — if the world will have me...