Susan Tichy
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Susan Tichy | |
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| Born | April 25, 1952 Washington, D.C. |
| Alma mater | Goddard College; University of Colorado Boulder |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | 1982 National Poetry Series |
Susan Elizabeth Tichy (born 25 April 1952, in Washington, D.C.) is an American poet.[1]
She received a B.A. from Goddard College and an M.A. from the University of Colorado Boulder, and is a Full Professor at George Mason University, where she has taught since 1988 in the MFA and undergraduate programs.[2] For five years she was Executive Producer of Poetry Theater: An Evening of Visual Poetics, and also served as poetry editor for the short-lived but gorgeously produced journal, "'Practice: New Writing + Art," based in the Bay area.
Her work has appeared in AGNI,[3] Beloit Poetry Journal,[4] Cerise Press, Colorado Review, Court Green, CutBank, Denver Quarterly, Fascicle, Free Verse, Hotel Amerika, Indiana Review,[5] Ploughshares,[6] 42opus,[7] Runes, and other journals.
She also lives in the southern Colorado Rockies.
Awards
- 1982 National Poetry Series, for The Hands in Exile
- Eugene Kayden Award
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- Chad Walsh Prize from Beloit Poetry Journal
- Indiana Review Prize for Poetry
- Runes Prize for Poetry
- Quarter After Eight Prize for Innovative Prose
