Susan Yuzna

Susan Yuzna
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Education	University of Iowa University of Montana
Notable works	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

• "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.