Suzanne Marie Matson (born 1959) is an American fiction writer, poet and professor at Boston College.
Suzanne Matson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65)[citation needed] Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Washington (Ph.D 1987) University of Washington (MA 1983) Portland State University (BA 1981) |
| Thesis | Present tenses in American poetry (1987) |
| Website | suzannematson |
Education and career edit
Matson has a B.A. from Portland State University, and an M.A. (1983)[1] and Ph.D. (1987)[2] from the University of Washington. As of 2022, she is a professor at Boston College.[3]
Work edit
Matson is known for writing short fiction, novels and poetry. Her novels include The Hunger Moon,[4] A Trick of Nature,[5] The Tree-Sitter,[6] and Ultraviolet.[7] Her books of poetry have been reviewed by the Harvard Book Review.[8][9]
Selected publications edit
- Matson, Suzanne (1990). Sea level : poems. Cambridge, Mass.: A. James Books. ISBN 0-914086-84-7. OCLC 21973571.
- Matson, Suzanne (1993). Durable goods : poems. Cambridge, Mass.: Alice James Books. ISBN 1-882295-00-5. OCLC 27811654.
- Matson, Suzanne (1997-07-17). The Hunger Moon. W. W. Norton & Company.
- Matson, Suzanne (2018). Ultraviolet. New York. ISBN 978-1-936787-95-1. OCLC 1049803120.
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Honors and awards edit
In 2012 Matson received a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship.[10][11]
References edit
- ^ Matson, Suzanne Marie (1983). Night train (Thesis). OCLC 9809621.
- ^ Matson, Suzanne (1987). Present tenses in American poetry (Thesis). OCLC 17212609.
- ^ "Bio". Suzanne Matson. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ Reviews for The Hunger Moon
- Lyall, Sarah (21 September 1997). "Women's Place". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- Deihl, Marcia (1997). "Review of The Hunger Moon". Harvard Review (13): 211–212. ISSN 1077-2901. JSTOR 27560973.
- ^ Review for A Trick of Nature
- Steinberg, Sybil S. (March 20, 2000). "A Trick of Nature". Publishers Weekly; New York. Vol. 247, no. 12. p. 74 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Reviews for The Tree-Sitter
- Rossi, Jim (27 February 2006). "Going out on a limb for love, activism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- Crapo, Trish (2006). Wallace, Melanie; Egan, Jennifer; Matson, Suzanne; Gruen, Sara (eds.). "Field Notes: Fiction". The Women's Review of Books. 23 (5): 26–27. ISSN 0738-1433. JSTOR 4024618.
- ^ Reviews for Ultraviolot
- "Briefly Noted". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "Ultraviolet Review". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Weiner, Harte (1990). "Review of Sea Level". Harvard Book Review (17/18): 17–18. ISSN 1080-6067. JSTOR 27500132.
- ^ Brouwer, Joel (1994). "Review of Durable Goods". Harvard Review (6): 195–197. ISSN 1077-2901. JSTOR 27560101.
- ^ "Suzanne Matson". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ Shanahan, Mark; Goldstein, Meredith (November 19, 2011). "NEA awards grants to local writers - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
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