Moss, Thylias
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Name (Latin)
Moss, Thylias
Date of birth
1954-02-27
Place of birth
Cleveland (Ohio)
Associated country
United States
Associate group
Oberlin College
University of New Hampshire
University of Michigan
Occupation
Poets
Dramatists
College teachers
African American women authors
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Thylia Moss, Emeritus Faculty, Professor Emerita, English Language and Literature, College of Literature, Science & Arts ( (University of Michigan web site, November 13, 2024:) )
- Her Hosiery seams on a bowlegged woman, c1983:t.p. (Thylias Moss) p. 4 of cover (native of Cleveland; Univ. of New Hampshire, 1982-3)
- Her Pyramid of bone, 1989, c1988:CIP t.p. (Thylias Moss) data sheet (b. 2-17-54)
- Tokyo butter, 2006:ECIP t.p. (Thylias Moss) data view (prof. of Eng. at Univ. of Michigan)
- African American National Biography, accessed February 27, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Moss, Thylias; ThyliasBrasier; poet, dramatist, autobiographer/ memoirist, educator; born 27 February 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States; BA in Creative Writing at Oberlin College (1981); MA in English at the University of New Hampshire (1983); first poetry collection, Hosiery Seams on a Bowlegged Woman (1983); wrote two plays: Talking to Myself and The Dolls in the Basement (1984); became a full professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Harbor (1998); published children's literature (1995-1998); latest poetry volumes, Last Chance for the Tarzan Holler, Slave Moth: A Narrative in Verse, and Tokyo Butter (1998, 2004, 2006); honors include, Pushcart Prize (1990), the Witter Bynner Award for Poetry (1991), Whiting Award (1991), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1995), a MacArthur Fellowship (1996))