In 'Human Resources,' a poet finds her voice by working on artificial intelligence

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In 2016, poet Ryann Stevenson wasn't feeling very stimulated at her publishing job in New York. Then, her husband got a job in the Bay Area.

"As we were thinking about our move, someone shared with me [an] article I think that came out in The Washington Post, titled 'The next hot job in Silicon Valley is for poets', Stevenson says. "And I basically just emailed every startup that was listed or mentioned in that article and ended up talking with a CEO of a very small startup right away."

As Stevenson started designing voices for an artificial intelligence startup, she realized she was thinking about poetry every day.