“How do you sound like you know what you’re doing when you don’t have the words”

Kimberly Campanello is here to talk about her novel, USE THE WORDS YOU HAVE (Somesuch Editions). It’s a sweltering summer in Bretagne, France. K, an American exchange student, is navigating more than just unfamiliar streets. She’s finding a new language.

Kimberly’s work moves between forms, genres, and histories. She’s the author of MOTHERBABYHOME (zimZALLA), a harrowing and formally innovative response to Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes, is held in the national poetry special collections across the U.K and Ireland. Her poetry has appeared in publications like Granta, The White Review, and The Poetry Review, and essays in Tolka. And, this year, her poetry collection, AN INTERESTING DETAIL was released by Bloomsbury. 

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Rippling Points01:30 - Motherbabyhome02:07 - From motherbabyhome to Use the words you have05:38 - What is the novel about08:02 - Sounding like you know what you’re doing when you don’t09:51 - Differences poetry and the novel11:46 - Who is K14:16 - Belief and reading15:58 - Making sense through Rimbaud16:28 - Life in the Midwest20:03 - Rippling Pages Bookshop21:05 - K in Paris22:16 - K’s notebook25:37 - Wonky translations29:19 - Kimberly’s notebooks.

Reference PointsHart CraneDanteMarguerite DurasAnnie ErnauxTony HarrisonMarcel ProustArthur Rimbaud Nathalie SarrauteBruce Omar Yates review https://thelondonmagazine.org/review-use-the-words-you-have-by-kimberly-campanello/