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Sue Ellen Thompson

Sue Ellen Thompson

Author's Bio

My work has been read on NPR by Garrison Keillor and featured in Ted Kooser's "American Life in Poetry" column. I have read at the Library of Congress, the Carnegie Institute, the Hirshhorn Museum, the National Arts Club in NYC, and the Aran Island Poetry Festival. I was resident poet at The Frost Place in 1998 and have taught at Middlebury, Wesleyan, Binghamton University and Central CT State University as well as at The Writer's Center in Washington DC.

Publications and Prizes

Books:
The Golden Hour (Autumn House Press, 2006), The Leaving: New & Selected Poems (Autumn House Press, 2001), The Wedding Boat (Owl Creek Press, 1995), This Body of Silk (Northeastern University Press, 1986)
Anthologies:
The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry (Autumn House Press, 2005)
Prizes:
Samuel French Morse Prize 1986 Pablo Neruda Prize 2003 Maryland Author Award 2010

Please note: All information in the Directory is provided by the writers listed in it.
Listing last updated: June 13, 2011

More Information

Listed as:
Poet
Gives readings?
Yes
Travels for readings?
Yes
Identifies as:
Caucasian, Scandinavian American
Prefers to work with:
Seniors, Teachers
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Glen Ridge, NJ
Raised in:
Roseland, NJ

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