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Susan Browne
"Buddha’s Dogs is filled with the beauty and the burning of lived experience."

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Litcrawl for Litquake 2011

Oct.02.2011

Litcrawl for Litquake 2011

Oct 15, from 7:15pm to 8:15 pm.

I'm reading at Bollyhood Cafe: 3372 19th Street, San Francisco, Ca.

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PUBLISHED: Jun.05.2010

Zephyr

Winner of the 2009 Steel Toe Books Prize in Poetry (Editor's Choice), written by the author of Buddha's Dogs, which was selected by Ed Hirsch as the winner of the Four Way Books Intro Prize "The poems in Susan Browne's Zephyr are grounded in the mysteries of this terribly known, outrageously funny and sad world. With an expert sense of language and narrative, this...

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PUBLISHED: Feb.14.2008

Buddha's Dogs

These poems are at once tender, vulnerable, biting, heartbreaking, and hilarious. One moment you are laughing, the next moment drying your eyes. Edward Hirsch, judge of the Four Way Books Intro Prize says of Buddha's Dogs, "There's a ruthless authenticity--a deep cherishing--in Buddha's Dogs, a splendidly mature first book of poems that is filled with moments of Proustian...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.01.2005

Never Before: Poems About First Experiences

This is an anthology edited by poet Laure-Anne Bosselaar.

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PUBLISHED: Mar.29.2005

180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day

An anthology edited by Billy Collins.

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Susan's Latest Blogs

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Nov.07.2011 - 9:26 am

Poetry Site & Poetry Online Workshop

I have a poem on this new site, Linebreak. http://linebreak.org/poems/too-poetic/ Check out the many authors featured and the audio readings. I'm offering another...

Sep.30.2011 - 9:06 am

Seeing

One night, during the first week of December, I came home after a therapy session and pulled a straight-back chair away from the kitchen table and sat down. All I wanted to...

Aug.26.2011 - 11:12 am

I Don't Like This Story

I’m teaching a short story writing class this semester. Before the students dive into writing exercises and scenes, I decided to start off--for the first four weeks--with...

Aug.19.2011 - 11:15 am

To Give Instead of Take

This is no joke: One night a man walks into a bar. I serve him a drink. Two weeks later, I move to a tiny town in the middle of the Rocky Mountains and marry him. I...

Comments from Susan

Oct.02.2011 - 11:23 am

In response to: Seeing

Hi Dolores

Thank you for your comment and story.The present moment is bright. Look at this October light!

Oct.01.2011 - 1:01 pm

In response to: Seeing

Hi Rosy!

Nice to hear from you. Great quote from Pritchett. Walt Whitman said: "Understand that you can have in your...

Sep.24.2011 - 11:21 am

In response to: The Good Farewell

Thank you, Dolores,

for your beautiful comment. My morning is blessed because of it.

Aug.31.2011 - 12:58 pm

In response to: I Don't Like This Story

Hi Sara

Thanks for the lively stories of high school classes. Yes, in college teaching, I've experienced the wonderful...

Aug.29.2011 - 7:11 am

In response to: I Don't Like This Story

Hi Mel

I'm familiar with the work of the poets you mention, and early on, was influenced by James Wright's ...

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Mar.01.2011

Zephyr

Published by The California Journal of Poetics

About Susan

Born in Long Beach, California, Susan Browne has lived most of her life in the Bay Area. Her poetry has appeared in Ploughshares, Subtropics, River City, The Mississippi Review, Gargoyle, Margie, American Life in Poetry, and other literary journals and...

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