Sue Walker

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Brief Biography

Sue Walker is a native of Foley, Alabama. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Alabama, she briefly returned to Foley to teach high school English. She then enrolled at Tulane University and earned a master’s degree in education, a master’s degree in English literature, and a doctorate in English literature. In 1980, Walker began teaching at the University of South Alabama, and in 1981 she founded Negative Capability, a small literary journal, and Negative Capability Press, a notable publishing house. She has earned recognition for her poetry over the years, serving as the Alabama Poet Laureate from 2003 to 2012 and being named the Stokes Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at the University of South Alabama.

Publications

Traveling My Shadow. Alabama; Negative Capability Press, 1982.

Louisiana Creole Poems. Alabama; Negative Capability Press, 1982.

Shorings. California; South Coast Press, 1992.

The Appearance of Green. Troy, Maine; Nightshade Press, 1995.

Blood Must Bear Your Name. Amherst, Mass.; Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 2002.

It's Good Weather for Fudge: Conversing With Carson McCullers. Montgomery; NewSouth Books, 2003.

Joint Publication:

In the Realm of Rivers: Alabama's Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Montgomery; NewSouth Books, 2004.

Themes

Sue Walker is primarily a poet whose subjects include family relationships, love, war, sickness and healing, and the natural world. Her poems tend to be written in short lines and are both humorous and insightful.

Publisher

Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org

Collection

AL Author Collection

Citation

Walker, Sue, “Sue Walker,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/666.