Caroline Hagood is an English PhD candidate with a focus in 20th century American poetry at Fordham University, where she works for Poets Out Loud and CURA literary magazine. Her poetry has appeared in Shooting the Rat (Hanging Loose Press), the Huffington Post, and kill author, among others. She has also written on film and literature for The Guardian, The Economist, Salon, and the Huffington Post. Lunatic Speaks is her first full-length poetry collection.