Title
Lives of the Saints & Everything
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Description
Susan Firer’s most recent book is Milwaukee Does Strange Things to People: New & Selected Poems 1979–2007. Her previous books have been awarded the Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize, the Posner Award, and the Backwaters Prize. She is a recipient of a Milwaukee County Artist Fellowship, a Wisconsin Board Fellowship, the Lorine Niedecker Award, and in 2009 she was given the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Distinguished Alumnus Award. Susan has poems in over 35 anthologies, including Best American Poetry; Visiting Dr. Williams: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of William Carlos Williams (University of Iowa Press); The Cento: A collection of Collage Poems(Red Hen Press); and The Book of Irish American Poetry: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present(University of Notre Dame Press). Her poems have appeared in over 100 journals, such as Chicago Review, jubilat, Georgia Review, The Iowa Review, New American Writing, and others.
“I think it is no wonder that this book was awarded the prestigious CSU prize. It belongs in the company, perhaps near the head of the company, of the best books of poetry of recent years.” –Ted Kooser
More Information:
ISBN
9781880834046
Publication Date
1993
Publisher
Cleveland State University Poetry Center
City
Cleveland
Disciplines
Poetry
Recommended Citation
Firer, Susan, "Lives of the Saints & Everything" (1993). CSU Poetry Center Books. 31.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clpc_bks/31
