Tim Seibles

Tim Seibles (born 1955) is an American poet, professor and the former Poet Laureate of Virginia. He is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently, ''Voodoo Libretto: New and Selected Poems'' (Etruscan Press, 2022). His honors include an Open Voice Award and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. In 2012 he was nominated for a National Book Award, for ''Fast Animal''.

Work

His poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including ''Callaloo, The Kenyon Review, Indiana Review, Ploughshares, Electronic Poetry Review,'' ''Rattle,'' and in anthologies including ''Verse & Universe: Poems About Science and Mathematics'' (Milkweed Editions, 1998) and ''New American Poets in the 90’s'' (David R. Godine, 1991).

Seibles was a professor of English at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Life

Seibles was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and earned his B.A. from Southern Methodist University in 1977. He remained in Dallas after graduating and taught high school English for ten years. He received his M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 1990. He is a professor of English and creative writing at Old Dominion University, as well as teaching in the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing and teaching workshops for Cave Canem Foundation.
He has a son, Cade Seibles. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia.Cave Canem > Summer Workshop Faculty

Published works

Full-length poetry collections

* Voodoo Libretto: New and Selected Poems (Etruscan Press, 2022) ISBN 9781733674188

Turn Around the Sun''
Etruscan Press, 2017)

Animal''
(Etruscan Press, 2012)

''Buffalo Head Solos''
(Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2004)

''Hammerlock''
(Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1999)

''Hurdy-Gurdy''
(Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1992)

Moves''
(Corona Press, 1988); Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2012,

Chapbooks
* ''Ten Miles an Hour'', Mille Grazie Press, 1998,
* ''Kerosene'' (Ampersand Press, 1995)

In Anthology
* ''Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology'' (University of Georgia Press, 2018)
* ''Seeds of Fire: Contemporary Poetry from the Other U. S. A.'' (Smokestack Books, 2008)

References

External links

Poet Profile: ''Ploughshares'' > Authors & Articles > Spring 1995 > ''Tim Seibles, Contributor Spotlight'' by Don Lee


* ttp://www.bookslut.com/poetry/2005_02_004326.php Review: ''Bookslut'' February 2005 > Review by Joey Rubin of ''Buffalo Head Solos'' by Tim Seibles
Audio: NPR > June 12, 2009 > 2003 Sunken Garden Poetry Festival > Tim Seibles Reads ''Fearless''


* ttp://al.odu.edu/english/faculty/tseibles.shtml Tim Seibles' Faculty Page at Old Dominion University
Tim Seibles - Facebook Author's page

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