Sheldon, Iowa, United States
Thäden is the winner of the 2018 Luminaire Award for Best Poetry for her poem, “Waking to Pablo Neruda Pumping My Chest.” Alternating Current Press called the poem “a jolting, refreshing read.” She also won the City of New York’s 2016 #PoetweetNYC contest. Thäden is currently pursuing her Masters of Fine Art in Creative Writing from Harvard. Her poetry has appeared in the Philadelphia-based Apeiron Review, Buddy. a lit zine., New York Metro, and Passages North. She is also a regular poet contributor at Vending Machine Press and The Ekphrastic Review. Thäden has shown her graphic art and photography at the London Photo Festival as well as the Harvard Review.
100 hours with preceptor Johanna Gronewold Fall 2018
200 hours with preceptor Kelly Bean Fall 2017