Background
Bassein, Beth Ann was born on March 22, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Gilbert D. and Anna Olivia (Moore) Croskey.
(Laughter, nostalgia, and terror permeate these poems abou...)
Laughter, nostalgia, and terror permeate these poems about family, growing up, coping in the public arena, and surviving catastrophe. Subjects range from whales and skulls to beggars, students, a sick chicken, whiskey, and Saint Theresa.
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Bassein, Beth Ann was born on March 22, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Gilbert D. and Anna Olivia (Moore) Croskey.
Bachelor, Tarkio College, 1947. Master of Arts, University Missouri, Columbia, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, Columbia, 1961.
Assistant professor, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, 1966-1969; associate professor, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, 1969-1974; Professor of English, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, 1974-1991.
(Laughter, nostalgia, and terror permeate these poems abou...)
Docent El Paso County Parks, since 1992, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, since 1992. Writer, board member Poetry West, since 1980. Advocate for women Colorado Women's Studies Association, 1975-1993.
Married Rodman S. Bassein (deceased June 1999). Children: Katherine, Laura.