Susan Mitchell
Susan Mitchell (born 1944) is an American poet, essayist and translator who wrote the poetry collections Rapture and Erotikon. She is a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.
Life
Mitchell grew up in
Boca Raton, Florida. She has a B.A. in English literature from Wellesley College, an M.A. from Georgetown University, and was a PhD student at Columbia University.[1][2] She has taught at Middlebury College and Northeastern Illinois University,[3] and currently holds the Mary Blossom Lee Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at Florida Atlantic University.[4]
She has published poems in literary journals and magazines including The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The American Poetry Review, The New Republic, Ploughshares,[5] and The Paris Review. Her poems have also been included in five volumes of The Best American Poetry and two Pushcart Prize volumes.[6]
Awards
She has been recognized for her work by notable organizations such as the
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and was a National Book Award
finalist.
Published works
- Erotikon (HarperCollins, 2001)
- Rapture (HarperPerennial, 1992)
- The Water Inside the Water (Wesleyan University Press, 1983)
Honors and awards
- 1993 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
- 1992 Lannan Literary Awardfor Poetry
- 1982 NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry
- 1992 Guggenheim Fellowship
References
- ^ The Political Forum Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine > From the Journals of the Frog Prince by Susan Mitchell
- ^ The Library of Congress > The Library Today > News > November 10, 1993 > Poets Susan Mitchell and Charles Wright To Read at Library of Congress on December 16
- ^ Poetry Foundation > Poet: Susan Mitchell Bio
- ^ Florida Atlantic University > English Department Faculty > Susan Mitchell Archived 2006-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Read by Author | Ploughshares".
- ^ Ploughshares > Authors & Articles > Susan Mitchell Bio
External links
- HarperCollins > Author Page > Susan Mitchell Bio
- Review: Ploughshares Review by Diann Blakely of Rapture
- Review: Valpariso Poetry Review Review by Catherine Daly of Erotikon
- Review: The New York Times > Books in Brief: Poetry > Sunday, April 16, 2000 > Review by Melanie Rehak of Erotikon
- Poem: Library of Congress > Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools > The Dead by Susan Mitchell
Online Copies of Susan Mitchell's Poems
- "The Aviary" excerpt
- "Children's Ward: New York Hospital"
- "Havana Birth"
- "Night Music"
- "Pussy Willow (An Apology)"
- "Wind/Breath, Breath/Wind"
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