Description
Poetry. Susan Gardner's fifth book, TO INHABIT THE FELT WORLD, was awarded the 2013 Eric Hoffer Book Award, honorable mention for poetry and is a finalist for the Da Vinci Eye Prize. The citation reads in part, "these poems make us want to believe in the human project—the words breathe and beat with music and electricity." She is a poet, painter, photographer and literary editor. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
"Susan takes us by the throat...into seemingly veiled poems that leave haunting images for us to reinterpret, to meditate upon. These are poems for the poet-breath within us. One reading, one long breath is not enough.... As a fellow poet, I am revived by this gathering of penetrating tenderness."—James McGrath
Author Bio
Susan Gardner is an internationally known Santa Fe poet, painter and photographer and the founding editor of Red Mountain Press. She has authored six books including LIFTED TO THE WIND, TO INHABIT THE FELT WORLD, the bilingual BOX OF LIGHT/CAJA DE LUZ, STONE MUSIC, Intimate Landscapes, and a memoir, DRAWING THE LINE. She has lived and worked in Asia, Mexico and Europe as well as the United States and Canada, with numerous exhibitions in museums and galleries and extensive lectures and readings. She delivered the Cam Memorial Lecture at the New York Public Library, where she was also honored to be granted a year in the Allen Room. She has presented programs at the Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and the Folger Library, among many others. She has been a house builder, scholarly researcher, teacher, and landscape designer. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Author City: SANTA FE, NM USA