Ellen Bass
Ellen Bass | |
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Bass in 2018 | |
| Born | June 16, 1947 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Education | Goucher College (BA) Boston University (MA) |
| Genre | Poetry Nonfiction |
| Notable works | The Courage to Heal, Indigo, Like a Beggar, The Human Line, Mules of Love |
| Notable awards | Pushcart Prize (2003, 2014, 2017) National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (2014) Lambda Literary Award (2002) |
| Spouse | Janet Bryer |
| Children | Saraswati Bryer-Bass Max Bryer-Bass |
| Website | |
| ellenbass | |
Ellen Bass (born June 16, 1947) is an American poet and author. She has won three Pushcart Prizes and a Lambda Literary Award for her 2002 book Mules of Love. She co-authored the 1991 book The Courage to Heal about recovery from child sexual abuse. She received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2014 and was elected chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2017. Bass taught poetry at Pacific University and has founded poetry programs for people in prison.