Thesaurus of Separation

"Tim Mayo’s carefully structured book deals with the multiple forms of separation: separation from the past, from a sense of family, a sense of belonging and ultimately from the self. His poems capture the sense of alienation many of us feel in this contemporary world..." -- Patricia Fargnoli

  TIM MAYO lives and writes in Brattleboro, Vermont, where he works as a mental health worker and substitute teacher at the Brattleboro Retreat. He holds an ALB, cum laude, from Harvard University and an MFA in Writing & Literature from Bennington College.One of his many non-literary pastimes includes flyingtrapeze at the New England Center for Circus Arts in Brattleboro, Vermont whichhe has used to uplift the conversation at social gatherings whenever thingsbegin to sag. So far he has found it far more conversationally successful thanrunning.

    His previous publications include a full length collection of poetry, The Kingdom of Possibilities (Mayapple Press, 2009), which was a finalist for the 2009 May Swenson Award and a chapbook, The Loneliness of Dogs (Pudding House Publications, 2008), which was a finalist in the WCDR 2008 Chapbook Challenge in Ajax, Ontario, Canada.  His collection, Thesaurus of Separation, was a 2017 Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award and the 2017 Montaigne Medal.