Susan Tichy Explained

Susan Tichy
Birth Date:	25 April 1952
Birth Place:	Washington, D.C.
Alma Mater:	Goddard College University of Colorado at Boulder
Genre:	Poetry
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, 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
• Book: A Smell of Burning Starts the Day . Wesleyan University Press . 1988 . 978-0-8195-1154-6 . registration .
• Book: The Hands in Exile . registration . Random House. 1983. 978-0-394-52977-6 .
• Book: Bone Pagoda . Ahsahta Press. 2007. 978-0-916272-91-3 .
• Book: Gallowglass. Ahsahta Press. 2010. 978-1-934103-13-5 .
• Book: Trafficke. Ahsahta Press. 2015. 978-1-934103-60-9 .

Anthologies

• Book: Under the rock umbrella: contemporary American poets, 1951-1977. William J. Walsh. Mercer University Press. 2006. 978-0-88146-047-6 .
• Book: The Morrow anthology of younger American poets. Dave Smith . David Bottoms. Photographer David Bottoms. Quill. 1985. 978-0-688-03450-4. registration.

External links

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

Notes and References

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