Sue Fagalde Lick

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

South Beach, OR
Oregon US
Email: 
sufalick@gmail.com
Website: 
www.suelick.com
Twitter/X: 
@suelick

Author's Bio

Sue Fagalde Lick, who lives on the Oregon coast, has published three poetry chapbooks, Gravel Road Ahead, The Widow at the Piano, and Blue Chip Stamp Guitar, and a full-length collection, Dining Al Fresco with My Dog. Her prose books include Stories Grandma Never Told, Childless by Marriage, and No Way Out of This: Loving a Partner with Alzheimer’s. Also a singer-songwriter, she performs at churches, on stage, and at community events, and wherever people will listen. 

Education: 
Antioch University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthologies:
Dine (Books by Hippocampus, 2019)
,
A Cup of Comfort for a Better World (Adams Media, 2010)
,
Oregon Stories (Ooligan Press, 2010)
,
Cup of Comfort for Families Touched by Alzheimer's (Adams Media, 2008)
,
Humor for a Boomer's Heart (Simon & Schuster, 2008)
Books:
No Way Out of This: Loving a Partner with Alzheimer's (She Writes Press, 2024)
,
Stories Grandma Never Told: Portuguese Women in California (Heyday Books, 1998)
Journals:
Cirque
,
Creative Nonfiction
,
Exhale
,
Fourth Genre
,
Persimmon Tree
,
Snowy Egret
,
The Sun

Poetry

Anthology:
Into the Azorean Sea (Letras Lavadas, 2023)
Chapbooks:
Dining Al Fresco with My Dog (MoonPath Press, 2024)
,
The Widow at the Piano (Poetry Box, 2020)
,
Gravel Road Ahead (Finishing Line Press, 2019)
Journals:
American Literary Review
,
Atticus Review
,
Cirque
,
Diode
,
Last Leaves Magazine
,
Last Stanza Poetry Journal
,
New Verse News
,
Persimmon Tree
,
Rattle
,
Sixfold
,
Triggerfish Critical Review
,
Willawaw Journal
Prizes won: 

Second place poetry, Write on the Sound competition; First place, poetry, Kay Snow Awards, finalist in the Chattahoochee Contest for creative nonfiction, 2x Pushcart nominee, finalist in the Sally Albiso contest for poetry collections.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Anne Lamott, David Sedaris, Joe Wilkins, Dorianne Laux
What I'm reading now: 
Thin Places & Sacred Spaces by Sarah Law, editor, Together by Vivek H. Murthy

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
San Jose, CA
California
Raised in: 
San Jose, CA
California
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Last update: Oct 31, 2024