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Sue Ellen Thompson [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Oxford, MD
Maryland US
Email: 
iambic@aol.com
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 in Ireland. I was resident poet at The Frost Place in 1998 and have taught at Middlebury, Wesleyan, Binghamton University, Central CT State University, and the University of Delaware as well as at The Writer's Center in Washington DC.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Glen Ridge
Raised in: 
Roseland, NJ
New Jersey
Website: 
https://www.sueellenthompson.com [2]
Prizes won: 

Samuel French Morse Prize 1986
Pablo Neruda Prize 2003
Maryland Author Award 2010
Pushcart Prize 2015

Identifies as: 
White
Scandinavian American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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