Chase twichell self portrait
I know I promised to stop talking about her, but I was talking to myself.
SELF-PORTRAIT by Chase Twichell I know I promised to stop talking about her, but I was talking to myself..
Chase Twichell
American poet
Chase Twichell (born August 20, 1950)[1] is an American poet, professor, publisher, and, in 1999, the founder of Ausable Press.
Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been [2] (Copper Canyon Press, 2010) earned her Claremont Graduate University's prestigious $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.[3][2]
Life and work
Twichell was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and earned her B.A.
from Trinity College and her M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She was married to novelist Russell Banks from 1989 until his death in 2023.[4] She has taught at Princeton University, Warren Wilson College, Goddard College, University of Alabama, and Hampshire College.[5][6][7]
Many of Twichell's poems are heavily influenced by her years as a Zen Buddhist student of John Daido Loori at Zen Mountain Monastery, and her poetry in the book The Snow Watcher shows it.[8][7&#
