Elizabeth Treadwell

Elizabeth Treadwell (born 1967) is an American poet. Her collections include LILYFOIL + 3 (O Books, 2004), Birds & Fancies (Shearsman Books, 2007), Wardolly (Chax Press, 2008), Posy: a charm almanack & atlas (Lark, 2015), and Penny Marvel & the book of the city of selfys (Dusie, 2018).

Poetic style

Writing in Stride magazine, critic Nathan Thompson called hers "a difficult but deeply rewarding poetry. It has a precision and a tenderness all of its own."^[1] In Boog City, critic Maureen Thorson called Treadwell's "a feminine poetry, marvelous, tough, and unrelenting."^[2] Treadwell's work has also been reviewed in Rain Taxi, Jacket, The Believer (magazine), and elsewhere. Her work is discussed in The Boston Review May/June 2009 as part of "The New Thing: the object lessons of recent American poetry."^[3]

Selected works

• Penny Marvel & the book of the city of selfys, Dusie Books, 2018
• Posy: a charm almanack & atlas, Lark Books & Writing Studio, 2015
• Virginia or the mud-flap girl, Dusie Books, 2012
• Wardolly, Chax Press, 2008
• Birds & Fancies, Shearsman Books, 2007
• The Graces (chapbook), Dusie wee, 2006
• Cornstarch Figurine, Dusie Books, 2006
• LILYFOIL + 3, O Books, 2004
• Chantry, Chax Press, 2004
• LILYFOIL (or Boy & Girl Tramps of America) (chapbook), Duration Press, 2002
• The Milk Bees (chapbook), Lucille Series, 2000
• Eve Doe: Prior to Landscape (chapbook), a+bend press, 1999
• Populace, Avec Books, 1999
• The Erratix & Other Stories (chapbook), Texture Press, 1998
• Eve Doe (becoming an epic poem) (chapbook), Double Lucy Books, 1997
• Eleanor Ramsey: The Queen of Cups, Fourteen Hills Press, 1997^[4]