Susan Yuzna

Susan Yuzna, a native of Minnesota, is an American poet and professor.

Susan Yuzna
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Education
Notable worksHer Slender Dress (1996)

Life

She has a B.A. in English from the University of Iowa, and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Montana.[1] She has been resident at several artist colonies, including Yaddo,[2] and MacDowell.[3] She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[4]

Awards
  • Bush Artist Fellowship
  • Richard Hugo Memorial Poetry Scholarship
  • Her Slender Dress, won the Akron Poetry Prize and the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America.

Works
  • "Lake Winnibigoshish". Ploughshares. Spring 1994. Archived from the original on 19 May 2003.
  • "The Great Divide". The Antioch Review. Summer 1994.

Poetry Books
  • Pale Bird, Sprouting Fire. University of Akron Press. 2000. ISBN 978-1-884836-62-6.
  • Her Slender Dress. University of Akron Press. 1996. ISBN 978-1-884836-23-7.
  • Burning the Fake Woman: Poems. GreenTower Press. 1996. ISBN 978-1-887240-01-7.

References
  1. "Susan Yuzna". Ploughshares at Emerson College. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. "Writers – Yaddo". Yaddo – A Retreat For Artists in Saratoga Springs, NY. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  3. "The MacDowell Colony". www.macdowellcolony.org. Archived from the original on 26 May 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. "Susan Yuzna". Poets & Writers. 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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