Black and white photo of Stephen Thomas.

Stephen Thomas

Stephen Thomas was born and raised in Auburn, Washington. He studied at St. Edward’s Seminary, Marquette University, Cornell and the University of Washington. He has worked in a wide variety of trades: farming, road work, carpentry, restaurants, advertising, and most recently teaching. His Cabaret Hegel was, briefly, a hotbed of performance art in the mid-’80s. His poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Exquisite Corpse, The Temple, The Seattle Times, The Seattle Weekly, West Branch, and many other publications.

2004 Writers Program