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Thomas Pfau

Poet

Roseville, CA

California US

Email:

ttpfau@icloud.com

Website:

thomaspfau.weebly.com/

Author's Bio

Thomas Pfau holds degrees in Classics and in English. His work. poems and essays, has been published in the Southwest Review, the Colorado Review, the anthology Pontoon, Poetry, The Paris Review, Salamander, the Denver Quarterly, the Bennington Review and elsewhere. He lives in Roseville, California, and works at Calfornia State University, Sacramento.

Education:

University of Houston PhD

Writers Retreats:

Aspen Literary Festival

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

Texas Book Festival

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Pontoon 10 (Floating Bridge Press, 2008)

,

Pontoon 8 (Floating Bridge Press, 2005)

Journals:

Bennington Review

,

Colorado Review

,

Denver Quarterly

,

Paris Review

,

Poetry Magazine

,

,

,

,

Southwest Review

,

The Wallace Stevens Journal

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Western Humanities Review

Prizes won:

Semi-Finalist, 2023 and 2024 Tomaz Salamun Prize;

Semi-Finalist, Floating Bridge Press Poetry Prize

Second Place Prize, Southwest Review 2005 Morton Marr Prize, chosen by William Logan;

Inprint Fellowships, Creative Writing Program, University of Houston, 1994-2000;

Honorable Mention, Academy of Ameriscan Poets Prize, University of Houston, 1999

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English, German

Born in:

Louisville, KY

Kentucky

Raised in:

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Last update: Sep 12, 2025