Susan Mitchell

For the Irish journalist and poet, see Susan L. Mitchell.

Susan Mitchell (born in 1944) is an American poet, essayist and translator who wrote the poetry collections Rapture and Erotikon.

Life

Mitchell grew up in New York City, New York and now lives 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 National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation. Her collection, Rapture, won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and was a National Book Award finalist.

Published works

Honors and awards

References

  1. ↑ The Political Forum > From the Journals of the Frog Prince by Susan Mitchell
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Poetry Foundation > Poet: Susan Mitchell Bio
  4. ↑ Florida Atlantic University > English Department Faculty > Susan Mitchell
  5. ↑ http://www.pshares.org/read/author-detail.cfm?intAuthorID=1070
  6. ↑ Ploughshares > Authors & Articles > Susan Mitchell Bio

External links

Online Copies of Susan Mitchell's Poems

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