Fusing street scenes (from Budapest to New York City) with family
history (African American and Jewish), Sean Thomas Dougherty uses both
traditional and experimental forms to explore issues of identity and
family. Deeply rooted in music and performance, Dougherty's poetry
resists easy categorization, revealing the complexity of our lives and
times.
Sean Thomas Dougherty lives in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he teaches
in the BFA program for creative writing at Penn State Erie. He is a
nationally renowned performance poet and author of nine previous poetry
collections. He was a finalist for the 2005 Paterson Poetry Prize and
winner of the 2000 Pinyon Press Poetry Prize.