Elizabeth Treadwell


Elizabeth Treadwell is an American poet. Her collections include LILYFOIL + 3, Birds & Fancies, Wardolly, Posy: a charm almanack & atlas, and Penny Marvel & the book of the city of selfys.

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 , , The Believer, and elsewhere. Her work is discussed in 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, Dusie wee, 2006
  • Cornstarch Figurine, Dusie Books, 2006
  • LILYFOIL + 3, O Books, 2004
  • Chantry, Chax Press, 2004
  • LILYFOIL , Duration Press, 2002
  • The Milk Bees, Lucille Series, 2000
  • Eve Doe: Prior to Landscape, a+bend press, 1999
  • Populace, Avec Books, 1999
  • The Erratix & Other Stories, Texture Press, 1998
  • Eve Doe , Double Lucy Books, 1997
  • Eleanor Ramsey: The Queen of Cups, Fourteen Hills Press, 1997