Diane Thiel


 
Diane ThielDiane Thiel is the author of six books of poetry, nonfiction and creative writing pedagogy: Echolocations (2000), which received the Nicholas Roerich Prize from Story Line Press; Writing Your Rhythm: Using Nature, Culture, Form and Myth (Story Line Press, 2001); The White Horse: A Colombian Journey (Etruscan Press, 2004); and Resistance Fantasies (Story Line Press, 2004).  Her two new textbooks from Longman: Crossroads: Creative Writing Exercises in Four Genres, and Open Roads: Exercises in Writing Poetry appeared in 2005.  Her chapbook, Cleft in the Wall, was published by Aralia Press (1999).  Her work appears in numerous publications, including Poetry, The Hudson Review, and Best American Poetry 1999 (Scribner's), and is re-printed in Longman, Bedford, Harper Collins, Beacon, Henry Holt and McGraw Hill anthologies, including Twentieth Century American Poetry (McGraw Hill, 2004).  Her work has received numerous awards, including the Robert Frost Award, the Robinson Jeffers Award, and the New Millennium Writings Award.  Thiel received her BA and MFA from Brown University.  She has traveled and lived in various countries in Europe and South America and is fluent in Spanish, German, French and speaks some Greek.  She has been a professor of creative writing for over ten years and has also taught in innovative settings such as the NSF program: Ecology for Urban Students and for the Miami Book Fair's Poet in the Schools program.  Thiel was a Fulbright Scholar for 2001-2002 in Odessa, on the Black Sea, and is currently an Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing at the University of New Mexico. 
Diane Thiel can be contacted at: diane@dianethiel.net
Echolocations
Writing Your Rhythm
The White Horse:
A Colombian Journey
Resistance Fantasies
Winner of the 13th Annual
Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize
Story Line Press, 2000
Writing Guide
Story Line Press, 2001
Creative Non-fiction
Etruscan Press, 2004
Poetry
Story Line Press, 2004
 Crossroads
 Open Roads
 Cleft in the Wall
Creative Writing Exercises in Four Genres
Longman, 2005
Exercises in Writing Poetry
Longman, 2005
Limited edition, fine press chapbook
Aralia Press, 1999
 

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