Ellen Bass's most recent book of poetry Mules of Love was published by
BOA Editions and won the 2002 Lambda Literary Award for Poetry. In
1973, she co-edited the groundbreaking book, No More Masks!: An
Anthology of Poems by Women and has published four previous volumes of poetry. Her non-fiction books include I Never Told Anyone, Free Your Mind, and The Courage to Heal, which has sold over a million copies and been translated into twelve languages. Among her awards for poetry are the Elliston Book Award from the University of Cincinnati, a Pushcart Prize, The Pablo Neruda Prize from Nimrod/Hardman, the Larry Levis Prize from Missouri Review, the New Letters Poetry Prize, the
Greensboro Award in Poetry, the Chautaqua Poetry Prize, and a
Fellowship from the California Arts Council. She has taught poetry and
creative writing workshops for thirty years both nationally and
internationally. www.ellenbass.com
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