Thomas Devaney
Thomas Devaney (born 1969) is an American poet and a 2014 Pew Fellow in the Arts. His poem “The Blue Stoop,” which is after a photograph by Zoe Strauss, is also the name of a community literary hub in Philadelphia, founded in 2018. His 2014 book The Picture that Remains with Will Brown is a collaboration between image and text with Devaney’s poems and Brown’s photographs from the early 70’s in Philadelphia.
Thomas Devaney
- Born
- 1969 · Philadelphia.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · musician · university teacher
- Education
- Brooklyn College
- Honours
- Pew Fellowship in the Arts
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Thomas Devaney (born 1969) is an American poet and a 2014 Pew Fellow in the Arts. His poem “The Blue Stoop,” which is after a photograph by Zoe Strauss, is also the name of a community literary hub in Philadelphia, founded in 2018. His 2014 book The Picture that Remains with Will Brown is a collaboration between image and text with Devaney’s poems and Brown’s photographs from the early 70’s in Philadelphia.
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From 2001-2005, he was program coordinator of the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania. Since 2011, he has taught in the English Department at Haverford College.
Thomas Devaney studied at Brooklyn College. Employment is recorded with Haverford College and University of Pennsylvania. Distinctions recorded are Pew Fellowship in the Arts.
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