Diane Seuss

Diane Seuss (born 1956) is an American poet and educator. Her book ''frank: sonnets'' won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry in 2022.

She was born in Michigan City, Indiana and grew up in Michigan in Edwardsburg and Niles. Seuss received a BA from Kalamazoo College and an MSW from Western Michigan University.

She taught at Kalamazoo College from 1988 until 2016. In 2012, she was the MacLean Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of English at Colorado College. She has been a visiting professor at University of Michigan and Washington University in St. Louis.

Seuss is a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow. In 2021 she received the John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Her poetry has appeared in ''Gulf Coast'', The ''Missouri Review'', ''Poetry'', and ''The New Yorker'', among others. Her book ''Four-Legged Girl'' was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. ''Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl'' was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry. Provided by Wikipedia