Concetta Principe, a poet and scholar teaching at Trent University, shares insights on her poetry collection, Disorder. She delves into the complex relationship between mental health and the concept of home, exploring how mental illness can destabilize what should be a sanctuary. Principe discusses her creative process, emphasizing the nuanced power of enjambment and distilled language in conveying emotional truths. She also reflects on how her own experiences, including a childhood diagnosis of BPD, shape her work, illustrating the unique capacity of poetry to express the 'offness' of mental struggles.
