Elizabeth Treadwell (born 1967) is an American poet. Her works include LILYFOIL + 3 (O Books, 2004), Chantry (Chax Press, 2004), Birds & Fancies (Shearsman Books, 2007), Wardolly (Chax Press, 2008), Virginia or the mud-flap girl (Dusie, 2012), and Posy: a charm almanack & atlas (Lark, 2015).
Born inOakland, California, Treadwell is a graduate of the Berkeley Unified School District, theUniversity of California, Berkeley (B.A. in Native American Studies, 1991), andSan Francisco State University (MFA in Creative Writing, 1997). From 2000 to 2007, she was director ofSmall Press Traffic Literary Arts Center at theCalifornia College of the Arts in San Francisco. She has also taught at theOakland School for the Arts and curated Lark Readings at Studio Grand in Oakland.
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 inRain Taxi,Jacket,The Believer (magazine), and elsewhere. Her work is discussed inThe Boston Review May/June 2009 as part of "The New Thing: the object lessons of recent American poetry."[3]
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