Suzanne Cleary

American poet
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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 change

"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 change

  • 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 change

  • Keeping Time (2002)
  • Trick Pear (2007)
  • Beauty Mark (2013)
  • Crude Angel (2018)

Critical writing change

  • 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 pages change

References change

  1. 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.
  2. Part 2 at YouTube
  3. "Person Detail: Suzanne Cleary". New York State Literary Tree. Bright Hill Press. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. "EUGENE PAUL NASSAR PRIZE ..." Utica College. Utica College. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
  5. "A Control Room inside of Me" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2014.10.20

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