Tim Seibles

Tim Seibles

reading at Split This Rock, 2014
Born 1955
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation Professor of English
Old Dominion University
Nationality American
Alma mater Southern Methodist University;
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Genre Poetry

Tim Seibles (born 1955) is an American poet and professor. He is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently, Fast Animal (Etruscan Press, 2012). His honors include an Open Voice Award and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center.[1] In 2012 he was nominated for a National Book Award, for Fast Animal.[2]

Work

His poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including Callaloo, The Kenyon Review, Indiana Review, Ploughshares, Electronic Poetry Review,[3] 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 is 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. He has a son, Cade Seibles. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia.[4][5][6]

Published works

Full-length poetry collections

Chapbooks

References

  1. ↑ "The Poetry Center at Smith College — Poets and Poetry". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tim Seibles, Fast Animal - National Book Award Poetry Finalist, The National Book Foundation". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Electronic Poetry Review Tim Seibles Contributions
  4. ↑ USM > Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing Faculty > Tim Seibles Bio
  5. ↑ "Read By Author - Ploughshares". Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Cave Canem > Summer Workshop Faculty
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