Suzanne Underwood Rhodes

Poet

Fayetteville, AR
Arkansas US
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Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Southern Voices: Fifty Contemporary Poets (Lamar University Press, 2024)
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Green Mountains Review American Poet Laureate Series (Green Mountains Review Books, 2023)
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Mid/South Anthology (Belle Point Press, 2023)
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Mid/South Sonnets (Belle Point Press, 2023)
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Poems of Devotion: An Anthology of Recent Poets (Wipf and Stock, 2012)
Books:
Flying Yellow (Paraclete Press, 2021)
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A Welcome Shore (Canon Press, 2010)
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What a Light Thing, This Stone (Sow's Ear Press, 1999)
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Sketches of Home (Canon Press, 1998)
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Weather of the House (Sow's Ear Press, 1995)
Chapbooks:
The Perfume of Pain (Kelsay Books, 2024)
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Hungry Foxes (Aldrich Press, 2013)
Journals:
Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature
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Anglican Theological Review
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Christian Century
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Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality
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Spoon River Poetry Review
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Town Creek Poetry
Prizes won: 

Poet Laureate of Arkansas, January 2022-December 2025

Flying Yellow named semi-finalist in North American Book Award, Poetry Society of Virginia, 2021

First place, poetry, Sybil Nash Abrams award for historical poem "Beloved Enemies"

First place, poetry, Dr. Lily Peters Memorial Award, 2022

Two poems nominated for Pushcart Prize 

Third place, poetry prize, Arizona Poetry Society, 2021

Two Pushcart Prize nominations

 

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
A Poet's Revolution: The Life of Denise Levertov: by Donna Hollenberg, Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Incarcerated individuals, Schools
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Nyack, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Arlington, VA
Virginia
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Last update: Nov 15, 2024