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Good News for Grammar Die-Hards!

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I know–from personal experience–how difficult it is for English majors like me to adjust to the use of the singular “they.” The most common objection raised by my friends is […]

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Lectures on American Poets Now Available as Podcasts

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Four of my lectures on contemporary American poets–two on Robert Frost, one on Jane Kenyon, and one on Jack Gilbert–have been recorded as podcasts by Delmarva Public Radio. To listen, […]

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Fall 2019 Workshops

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Click on “Workshops” above to see more information on the workshops that I will be teaching this fall at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD.

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Repost: Why I had a hard time calling my transgender child ‘they’

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The Washington Post has finally addressed an issue with which I have been struggling: how to re-train myself to refer to my only child as “they”–and how to explain it […]

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The Washington Post has Kind Words for THEY

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It is rare for a national newspaper to even mention poetry, let alone in the context of a celebrity story. But Kathleen Parker, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist on politics and culture […]

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Interview with The Talbot Spy

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Video interview with David Wheelan of The Talbot Spy, conducted on April 14, 2015 at The Bullitt House, Easton, MD. http://talbotspy.org/poetry-sue-ellen-thompson-and-the-power-of-the-narrative-poem/

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Interview at the Library of Congress

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Grace Cavalieri interviews me for “The Poet and the Poem” at the Library of Congress.   http://www.loc.gov/poetry/media/avfiles/poet-poem-sueellen-thompson.mp3

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Craft Tip: Telling Lies in Poetry

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From Diane Lockward’s Poetry Newsletter, find out how Sue Ellen learned to relinquish control over the writing process and let the poem lead her to its own truth. Read the […]

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Upcoming Workshops: Fall 2019

Sept. 22 2019, Bethesda, MD: “Writing the Narrative Poem”

Oct. 27, 2019, Bethesda, MD: “Diction: A Poet’s Choice”

Dec. 8, 2019, Bethesda, MD: “How to Revise a Poem”

 

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