Discipline: Literature – poetry

Timothy Houghton

Discipline: Literature – poetry
Region: MARYLAND
MacDowell Fellowships: 2000

Timothy Houghton's The Internal Distance (Selected Poems 1989-2012) appeared in a bilingual (Italian/English) edition from the Italian press Hebenon/Mimesis Edizioni in 2015. The book was presented in Florence at the Museo Casa di Dante. Houghton's first book, High Bridges, was published by the English press Stride. Other books were published by Orchises Press. He has worked at Yaddo, MacDowell, and Hawthornden Castle. His recent book is Where the Lighthouse Begins (Salmon Poetry, 2020). He coordinates birding field trips and conducts surveys for Audubon.

Studios

Phi Beta

Timothy Houghton worked in the Phi Beta studio.

Funded by the Phi Beta Fraternity, a national professional fraternity of music and speech founded in 1912, Phi Beta Studio was built between 1929–1931 of granite quarried on the MacDowell grounds. The small studio is a simple in design, but displays a pleasing combination of materials with its granite walls and colorful slate roofing. Inside is…

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