Invited Speaker
2009
Dr. Sidney Wade
Dr. Sidney Wade currently holds the position of Professor of creative writing at the University of Florida, where she has taught since 1993. She is the author of five collections of poetry: Stroke (2008), Celestial Bodies (2002), Empty Sleeves (1990); Green (1998); and Istanbul’dan/From Istanbul (1998), which was published in Turkish and English by Yapi Kredi Yayinlari, Istanbul. Professor Wade is the poetry editor of Subtropics. She served as President of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) from 2006–2007.
She has a PhD in English from the University of Houston (1994), an MEd in Counseling from the University of Vermont (1978), and a BA in Philosophy, University of Vermont (1974). She teaches poetry workshops, translation workshops, and a variety of forms courses.
We will have the pleasure to listen to Dr. Wade recite her poetry at our open mic event at Wild Iris Bookstore.