Susan Yuzna Explained

Susan Yuzna
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	English
Notableworks:	Her Slender Dress (1996)

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

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

• https://web.archive.org/web/20030519004444/http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmarticleID=3659 . Lake Winnibigoshish . 19 May 2003 . Ploughshares. Spring 1994.
• The Great Divide. The Antioch Review. Summer 1994.

Poetry Books

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Susan Yuzna . Ploughshares at Emerson College . 2019-04-08.
2. Web site: Writers – Yaddo . Yaddo – A Retreat For Artists in Saratoga Springs, NY . 2022-10-12.
3. Web site: The MacDowell Colony . www.macdowellcolony.org . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090526052307/http://www.macdowellcolony.org/artists-indexfellows.php . 26 May 2009 . dead.
4. Web site: Susan Yuzna . Poets & Writers . 2008-02-14 . 2022-10-12.