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F.
Richard Thomas
February 11, 2000
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F.
Richard Thomas has published two full-length collections of
poetry, Frog Praises Night and Death at Camp
Pahoka; six chapbooks
of poetry; and a short novel, Prism: The Journal of John
Fish.
His poetry and fiction have appeared in many journals and anthologies.
He has edited an anthology of poetry, The Landlocked
Heart, and an anthology of essays entitled Americans
in Denmark. Thomas'
Literary Admirers of Alfred Stieglitz is a scholarly book on
the relationship of poetry and fiction to photography.
He has received Michigan Council for the Arts awards for his
poetry, an MSU grant to complete a work of fiction, and two
Fulbright awards to Denmark. In 2004, he received the Mark
Twain Award from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature
for his poetry and fiction. He has also been editor/publisher
of Centering Magazine and Years Press chapbooks of poetry between
1973 and 1990.
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Thomas was born in
Evansville, Indiana in 1940. He attended Purdue University, University
of Minnesota, and Indiana University, where he received a Ph.D.
in English. He is now a retired MSU professor and lives with
his wife, Sharon, in Haslett, Michigan. They spend part of every
year in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where his son and daughter own
and manage the Red Mountain Cafe.
"Whether it's food, family, or travel, Dick Thomas has
a different slant on the subject. His is a voice laced with
love and anger, frustration and humor, the voice of a man simply
trying to get home no matter where he happens to be" -Roger
Pfingston, author of Something Iridescent
To view Special Collections' holdings of F. Richard Thomas's
work, please click here.
To hear Thomas read from his own work, please visit the Vincent
Voice Library, here.
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Last Updated:
March 8, 2007
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