Terry Ehret
Encyclopedia
Terry Ehret is an American poet
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in 1977, and from San Francisco State University
in 1984, with an MA.
She is the co-founder of Sixteen Rivers Press
, a shared-work publishing collective for San Francisco Bay Area poets.
She served as poet laureate of Sonoma County, from 2004–2006, where she lives with her husband.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Life
She graduated from Stanford UniversityStanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1977, and from San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
in 1984, with an MA.
She is the co-founder of Sixteen Rivers Press
Sixteen Rivers Press
Sixteen Rivers Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective that provides an alternative publishing avenue for San Francisco Bay Area poets.-History:...
, a shared-work publishing collective for San Francisco Bay Area poets.
She served as poet laureate of Sonoma County, from 2004–2006, where she lives with her husband.
Awards
- 1993 National Poetry Series
- 1994 California Book Award, silver medal for poetry
- 1995 Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize
- 2008 Northern California Book Reviewers nomination for poetry
Anthologies
- Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology (University of New England Press, 1996)