Description
Poetry. Winner of the 2016 Richard Snyder Prize in Poetry, judged by Andrew Hudgins. "In 'Night Mowing,' Sutton says, 'I smell / like sweat and blood and metal,' and so do her piercing poems. All those disparate aspects of herself grieve for American wrongs and the wrongs of history, as well as the more intimate depredations life itself inflicts on those we love and on our own bodies. BURNING MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE is a passionate investigation of the responsibilities of anguish and the consolations of the inconsolable."—Andrew Hudgins
Author Bio
Pamela Sutton's first book of poetry, Pocket Gospel, was published by Sheep Meadow Press in 2012. Her poetry has appeared in several editions of Scribner's Best American Poetry, including the 25th Anniversary edition, The Best of the Best American Poetry. Sutton's work has also been published in Glimmer Train, The American Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, Threepenny Review, and many other literary magazines. She taught Critical and Creative Writing at the University of Pennsylvania from 1993 through 2008.
Author City: ASHLAND, OH USA