Timothy Liu (born 1965 in

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) is an American poet and the author of such books as ''Bending the Mind Around the Dream's Blown Fuse'', ''For Dust Thou Art'', ''Of Thee I Sing'', ''Hard Evidence'', ''Say Goodnight'', ''Burnt Offerings'' and ''Vox Angelica''. He is also the editor of ''Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry''. Liu received his B.A. in English (1989) from

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and his M.A. in Poetry (1991) from the

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; he also studied at the

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and the

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where he met his husband, the artist Christopher Arabadjis. Liu was a Professor of English at

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until he took early retirement in January 2022. He currently teaches at

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and

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. He has also taught at

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, and in the Graduate Writing Seminars at

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. His journals and papers are archived in the Berg Collection at

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Works

* ''Vox Angelica'' (Alice James Books, 1992;

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from the

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) * ''Burnt Offerings'' (Copper Canyon Press, 1995) * ''Say Goodnight'' (Copper Canyon Press, 1998; PEN/Beyond Margins Award) * ''Hard Evidence'' (Talisman House, 2001) * ''Of Thee I Sing'' (University of Georgia Press, 2004; Poetry Book-of-the-Year Award from ''

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'') * ''For Dust Thou Art'' (Southern Illinois University Press, 2005) * ''Bending the Mind Around the Dream's Blown Fuse'' (Talisman House, 2009) * ''Polytheogamy'' (Saturnalia Books, 2009) * ''Don't Go Back To Sleep'' (Saturnalia Books, 2014) * ''Kingdom Come: A Fantasia'' (Talisman House, 2017) * ''Luminous Debris: New & Selected Legerdemain 1992-2017'' (Barrow Street Books, 2018) * ''Let It Ride'' (Saturnalia Books, 2019) ;As editor * ''Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry'' (Talisman House, 2000) ;Included in * '' Harvest: Contemporary Mormon Poems'' (Signature, 1989) * ''2002

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'' (Scribners, 2002) * ''2011

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'' (Pushcart, 2011) * '' Fire in the Pasture: 21st Century Mormon Poets'' (Peculiar Pages, 2011)

References

External links

Timothy Liu's WebsiteTimothy Liu's Author Page at the Academy of American PoetsA review of two books by Timothy LiuAudio: Timothy Liu on Live from Prairie Lights, October 2004
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