Background
Watson, Ellen Doré was born on October 14, 1950 in Glen Cove, New York, United States. Daughter of James Charles and Marion (Doré) Watson.
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"You will close this book exhilarated by its quirky, passionate poems and grateful for its huge heart fired and fed by a prodigious imagination. This is brilliant, urgent work."—Thomas Lux
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The jazzy, lyric poems in Ladder Music carry the reader through familiar territory, but the recognizable terrain of love, work, and family are transformed by Ellen Doré Watson’s sensuous ebullience. She finds a delicious voice unmistakably freighted with experience and wisdom.
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Watson, Ellen Doré was born on October 14, 1950 in Glen Cove, New York, United States. Daughter of James Charles and Marion (Doré) Watson.
Bachelor in English, University Massachusetts, 1974. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University Massachusetts, 1979.
Freelancer, since 1981. Translation editor, managing editor Massachusetts Review, Amherst, since 1993, poetry editor, since 2004. Director Poetry Center, Smith College, since 1999.
Leader creative writing workshops, Northampton, Massachusetts, since 1993. Emergency Medical Technician Conway (Massachusetts) Ambulance Service, 1990-1999.
( The jazzy, lyric poems in Ladder Music carry the reader...)
( "You will close this book exhilarated by its quirky, pa...)
Member American Literature Translators Association (Executive Board 1989-1992), Academy American Poets, Northeastern Association Brazilianists (secretary-treasurer 1987-1989).
Married Paul R. Jenkins, July 9, 1977 (divorced 1999). Children: Eve Benda, Adelia.