Susan Rich

Poet

Seattle, WA
Washington US

Author's Bio

I am the author of four books of poems including Cloud Pharmacy, The Alchemist's Kitchen, Cures Include Travel, and the Cartographer's Tongue. Along with Brian Turner, I edited The Strangest of Theatres: Poets Writing Across Borders. Individual poems appear in Antioch Review, New England Review, Southern Review, and Witness. Seattle, WA is my homebase.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Family Matters: Poems of Our Families (Bottom Dog Press, 2006)
,
O Taste and See: Food Poems (Bottom Dog Press, 2004)
,
Best Essays of the Northwest (University of Oregon, 2001)
Books:
Cloud Pharmacy (White Pine Press, 2014)
,
The Strangest of Theatres: Poets Writing Across Borders (National Poetry Foundation, 2013)
,
The Alchemist's Kitchen (White Pine Press, 2010)
,
Cures Include Travel (White Pine Press, 2006)
,
The Cartographer's Tongue (White Pine Press, 2000)
Prizes won: 

Artists Trust Fellowship, Fulbright Fellowship, PEN USA for Poetry, Peace Corps Writers, and Times Literary Supplement

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Boston
Raised in: 
Brookline, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Aug 08, 2018