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." In Boog City, critic Maureen Thorson called Treadwell's "a feminine poetry, marvelous, tough, and unrelenting." 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."

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