Pittsburgh Poets · Poets | Criteria | About
Poets > Toi Derricotte
Born: 1941-04-12, Hamtramck, Michigan
Status: Included
Poet and memoirist, cofounder of Cave Canem, and professor emerita at the University of Pittsburgh.
| When | Kind | What |
|---|---|---|
| 1989–2019 | Published | The University of Pittsburgh Press published four of her collections: Captivity (1989), Tender (1997), The Undertaker's Daughter (2011) and I: New & Selected Poems (2019).[1][2] |
| from 1991 | Taught | Joined the University of Pittsburgh as an associate professor in 1991, now a professor emerita of English.[2][1] |
Derricotte came to Pittsburgh at mid-career, from Detroit by way of New Jersey. She cofounded Cave Canem with Cornelius Eady in 1996, while teaching here.