Steve Orlen

Steve Orlen (1942 – November 16, 2010) was an American poet and academic.

Life
Orlen grew up in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

He was a professor at the University of Arizona. He was visiting professor at University of Houston, Goddard College, Warren Wilson College.

Awards

 * 1999 Guggenheim Fellow
 * National Endowment for the Arts fellow.

Publications

 * Permission to Speak, Wesleyan University Press, 1978, ISBN 978-0-8195-2090-6
 * A Place at the Table, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982
 * The Bridge of Sighs, Miami University Press, 1992, ISBN 978-1-881163-00-8
 * Kisses, Miami University Press, 1997, ISBN 978-1-881163-20-6
 * A Thousand Threads, Hollyridge Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9843100-2-9 Chapbook
 * A Thousand Threads, Hollyridge Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9843100-2-9 Chapbook
 * A Thousand Threads, Hollyridge Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9843100-2-9 Chapbook