Suzanne Cleary
Suzanne Cleary is an American poet. She was born in Binghamton, New York. She grew up there. She has an M.A. in Writing from Washington University, and a Ph.D. in Literature and Criticism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is Professor of English at State University of New York at Rockland.[1]
Quotation
"I love to read poems where I think the poet includes something that may not work or almost doesn't work. To me that's an exciting kind of risk."[2]
Awards
- Winner of the 2012 John Ciardi Prize for Poetry from the University of Missouri, Kansas City[1]
- Winner of the 2012 Emerging Writer Fellowship for Poetry from The Writer's Center, Bethesda, Maryland[1]
- a Pushcart Prize (2005)
- the Cecil Hemley Memorial Award of the Poetry Society of America[3]
- Julia Peterkin Award of Converse College
- Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize[4]
- Patterson Award for Literary Excellence
Books
- Keeping Time (2002)
- Trick Pear (2007)
- Beauty Mark (2013)
- Crude Angel (2018)
Critical writing
- Cleary, Suzanne. "Be Still and Know: Silence in the Poetry of Jean Valentine," in Laurel Review 40.2. (2006)
- Cleary, Suzanne. "A Control Room inside of Me," Georgia Review September 25, 2014.[5]
Related material
- List of poets from North America
- "Weekly Poem: Suzanne Cleary tried to learn Italian, instead she wrote a poem". PBS NewsHour. 2014-02-17. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fall 2012 Emerging Writer Fellows". The Writer's Center. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ Part 2 at YouTube
- ↑ "Person Detail: Suzanne Cleary". New York State Literary Tree. Bright Hill Press. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ "EUGENE PAUL NASSAR PRIZE ..." Utica College. Utica College. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.[dead link]
- ↑ "A Control Room inside of Me" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014.10.20