Susan Tichy

Susan Tichy
Born	(1952-04-25) April 25, 1952 (age 73) 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]

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.

References

1. Europa Publications (2003). International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Taylor & Francis Group. p. 323. ISBN   9781857431780 . Retrieved 2015-04-03.
2. "Susan Tichy | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers". pw.org. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
3. "AGNI Online: Author Susan Tichy". bu.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
4. "BPJ - Beloit Poetry Journal - Poem by Susan Tichy, Stork". bpj.org. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
5. Indiana Review. Vol. 25. Indiana University Board of Trustees. 2003. ISSN   0738-386X . Retrieved 2015-04-03.
6. "Read By Author | Ploughshares". pshares.org. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
7. "42opus | Adrian Lurssen & Susan Tichy | Dear with Extremes of Thirst and Pain". 42opus.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved 2015-04-03.

External links

• "Author's website"
• "Author's university website"