Angela Patten

Angela Patten is the author of three poetry collections, In Praise of Usefulness (Wind Ridge Books, Vermont), Reliquaries, and Still Listening, both from Salmon Poetry, Ireland, and a prose memoir, High Tea at a Low Table (Wind Ridge Books).  Her work has been published in a variety of literary journals and anthologies.  In 2016 she was the winner of the National Poetry Prize from the Cape Cod Cultural Center.  Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, she now lives in Burlington, Vermont, where she is a Senior Lecturer in the University of Vermont English Department.