Diane Seuss

Diane Seuss is the author of six books of poetry. Her most recent collection is Modern Poetry, from Graywolf Press in March 2024. frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press 2021) was the winner of the PEN/Voelcker Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl (Graywolf Press 2018), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Four-Legged Girl (Graywolf Press 2015) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open (University of Massachusetts Press), received the Juniper Prize. Seuss was a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow. She received the John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2021. She was recently elected to the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors. Seuss was raised by a single mother in rural Michigan, which she continues to call home.Diane Seuss is the author of six books of poetry. Her most recent collection is Modern Poetry, from Graywolf Press in March 2024. frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press 2021) was the winner of the PEN/Voelcker Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl (Graywolf Press 2018), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Four-Legged Girl (Graywolf Press 2015) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open (University of Massachusetts Press), received the Juniper Prize. Seuss was a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow. She received the John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2021. She was recently elected to the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors. Seuss was raised by a single mother in rural Michigan, which she continues to call home.