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Name: Timothy Liu
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: English

Expertise Keywords: Poetry; Contemporary Poetry; Asian American Literature; Queer Studies

Available For: interviews

Contact Information

Office Phone: 845-257-2724
E-mail Address: liut@newpaltz.edu
Personal Web Site: http://www.timothyliu.net

Other Information

Positions held prior to joining SUNY New Paltz:
Professor of English, William Paterson University, NJ.

Education

Colleges/
Universities
Attended
Dates
Attended
Degree
Conferred
Year
Conferred
Major
Subject
University of Massachusetts 1992-1994 English
University of Houston 1989-1992 MA English
Brigham Young University 1986-1989 BA English

Awards/Grants/Honors

Norma Farber First Book Award, Poetry Society of America, 1992

Open Book & Beyond Margins Award, PEN America, 1998

Book-of-the-Year Award, Publishers Weekly, 2004

Thom Gunn Award Finalist, Publishing Triangle, 2018

Publications

Luminous Debris: New & Selected Legerdemain (1992-2017), Barrow Street Press, 2018

Down Low and Lowdown: Bedside Bottom-Feeder Blues, Barrow Street Press, 2023