Thomas Devaney Explained

Thomas Devaney (born 1969) is an American poet and a 2014 Pew Fellow in the Arts.[1] His poem “The Blue Stoop,”[2] which is after a photograph by Zoe Strauss,[3] is also the name of a community literary hub[4] in Philadelphia, founded in 2018. His 2014 book The Picture that Remains[5] with Will Brown is a collaboration between image and text with Devaney’s poems and Brown’s photographs from the early 70’s in Philadelphia. From 2001-2005, he was program coordinator of the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania. Since 2011, he has taught in the English Department at Haverford College.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thomas Devaney. admin. 30 November 2016.
  2. Web site: The Blue Stoop by Thomas Devaney - BOMB Magazine. bombmagazine.org.
  3. Web site: Zoe Strauss. www.zoestrauss.com.
  4. Web site: Welcome to Blue Stoop, the future home for Philly writers. Max Marin . @MaxMMarin.
  5. Web site: The Print Center Publication: Will Brown & Thomas Devaney, The Picture that Remains - The Print Center. printcenter.org.
  6. Web site: Thomas Devaney - Haverford College. www.haverford.edu.