Troy Cabida

‘I’m lucky to have already formed a relationship with the National Poetry Library, prior to working here. It has been a place for me to find new poems to chew on, where I (more than) once cried over unfinished drafts and manuscripts, as well as a meeting place for myself and my friends, many of whom are some of the most talented poets I know writing today.

‘A poetry night I serve as producer on, called Poetry and Shaah, once held a show in the library, too! One of the first books I remember discovering through the library, and being so elated about, was Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters, a collection of previously unpublished poems written by the actress Marilyn Monroe.’