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 | |
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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 child sexual abuse book The Courage to Heal. She received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2014 and was elected a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2017. Bass has taught poetry at Pacific University and founded poetry programs for prison inmates.