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Susan Yuzna

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

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

Life

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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

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  • 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

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

Poetry Books

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References

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  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.