Susan Tichy
American poet (born 1952)
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Susan Elizabeth Tichy (born 25 April 1952, in Washington, D.C.) is an American poet.[1]
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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 |
Life
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
Works
- "VERSARI", Beltway Poetry Quarterly
- A Smell of Burning Starts the Day. Wesleyan University Press. 1988. ISBN 978-0-8195-1154-6.
- The Hands in Exile. Random House. 1983. ISBN 978-0-394-52977-6.
- Bone Pagoda. Ahsahta Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-916272-91-3.
- Gallowglass. Ahsahta Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-934103-13-5.
- Trafficke. Ahsahta Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1-934103-60-9.
Anthologies
- William J. Walsh, ed. (2006). Under the rock umbrella: contemporary American poets, 1951-1977. Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0-88146-047-6.
- Dave Smith; David Bottoms, eds. (1985). The Morrow anthology of younger American poets. Photographer David Bottoms. Quill. ISBN 978-0-688-03450-4.