Excerpt reprinted from the AZ Daily Sun website. Click the link to read the full write up!

THE CALLING OF A POET

Growing up in a family of classical musicians, Colorado poet Jodie Hollander says they were often compared to the Von Trapp Family Singers. Hollander wasn’t bad at music, but she didn’t quite have perfect pitch the way her brother and sister did, and after trying multiple instruments, Hollander decided music wasn’t for her. Instead, she became an observer, and a love of poetry began to develop.