Maureen Seaton

• Born — 20 October 1947 • Died — 26 August 2023 • Period — 1991-2023 • Awards — Lambda Literary Award, Audre Lorde Award, Pushcart Prize • Birthplace — Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. • Place of death — Longmont, Colorado, U.S. • Education — Vermont College of Fine Arts

Seaton received her MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 1996. She taught poetry workshops and served as Artist-in-Residence at Columbia College Chicago from 1993-2002, teaching concurrently in the MFA in Creative Writing program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1997-1999. She began teaching creative writing at the University of Miami in 2002, eventually serving as Director of the Creative Writing Program, and remained a faculty member there until her retirement in 2020. She was voted Miami’s Best Poet in 2020 by the Miami New Times.

• The Sky is an Elephant. Redacted Books, 2023. • Undersea. Jackleg Press, 2021. • Sweet World. CavanKerry Press, 2019. • Fisher. Black Lawrence Press, 2018. • Tit, with Blue Guitar. Dancing Girl Press (chapbook), 2016. • Fibonacci Batman: New and Selected Poems (1991-2011). Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2013. • Genetics. Jackleg Press, 2012. • Cave of the Yellow Volkswagen. Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2009. • America Loves Carney. Sow's Ear (chapbook), 2009. • Venus Examines Her Breast. Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2004. • Little Ice Age. Invisible City Press, 2001. • Miss Molly Rockin '. Thorngate Road (chapbook), 1998. • Furious Cooking. University of Iowa Press, 1996. • The Sea Among the Cupboards. New Rivers Press, 1992. • Fear of Subways. The Eighth Mountain Press, 1991.

• Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir. University of Wisconsin Press, 2008, 2018.

• Tilt. Bridwell Press, 2025 (with Denise Duhamel). • Beautiful People. Bridwell Press, 2025 (with Aaron Smith). • Portals. Ravenna Press, 2025 (with Samuel Ace). • How To Get Into Trouble, by Tres Abuelas y una Mamá. Anhinga Press, 2024 (chapbook, with Carolina Hospital, Nicole Hospital-Medina, and Holly Iglesias). • A Questionnaire for Two Pussies. Extra Virgin Press, 2021 (chapbook, with Denise Duhamel). • Zero-Zero. Hysterical Press, 2021 (chapbook, with Kristine Snodgrass). • Myth America: Poems in Collaboration, by Tres Abuelas y una Mamá. Anhinga Press, 2020 (chapbook, with Carolina Hospital, Nicole Hospital-Medina, and Holly Iglesias). • Road to the Multiverse. Ravenna Press (Triple Series #11), 2020 (chapbook, with Samuel Ace). • Caprice: Collected, Uncollected, and New Collaborations. Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015 (with Denise Duhamel). • Madame Curie’s Cookbook. Ravenna Press, 2014. (pamphlet, with Samuel Ace). • Two Thieves & a Liar. Jackleg Press, 2012 (with Neil de la Flor & Kristine Snodgrass). • Sinéad O'Connor and Her Coat of a Thousand Bluebirds. Firewheel Editions, 2011 (with Neil de la Flor). • Stealth, Chax Press. 2011 (with Samuel Ace). • Facial Geometry. NeoPepper Press, 2006 (chapbook, with Neil de la Flor & Kristine Snodgrass). • Little Novels. Pearl Editions, 2002 (chapbook, with Denise Duhamel). • Oyl. Pearl Editions, 2000 (chapbook, with Denise Duhamel). • Exquisite Politics. Tia Chucha Press, 1997 (with Denise Duhamel).

• Reading Queer: Poetry in a Time of Chaos. Anhinga, 2018 (with Neil de la Flor). • Saints of Hysteria: A Half-Century of Collaborative American Poetry. Soft Skull Press, 2007 (with Denise Duhamel & David Trinidad).