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Thylias Moss
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12020-08-19T18:28:42+00:00Thylias Moss3plain2020-09-01T20:55:58+00:00Thylias Moss (1954-present, OC 1981) is a poet and prose writer. She entered Syracuse University in 1971, where studied English and drama until 1973. In 1977, she enrolled at Oberlin College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1981. Moss received with a Master of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire in English in 1983. After graduating, she began working as a professor of English at Phillips Academy, a position she held from 1982 to 1992. She was also a visiting professor at the University of New Hampshire between 1985 and 1986. In 1992, she was a Fannie Hurst Poet for a year before taking a position as a professor at the University of Michigan in 1993. Moss held that position until her retirement in 2014. She became a professor emerita at the University of Michigan in 2015. Moss has written several volumes of poetry and prose, including Tokyo Butter (2006), Last Chance for the Tarzan Holler (1999), and Rainbow Remnants in Rock Bottom Ghetto Sky (1991), as well as a memoir, Tale of a Sky-Blue Dress (1998). She has received numerous awards and fellowships, including awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation.