Susan Rich is the author of five books, most recently, Cloud Pharmacy (White Pine Press, 2014), shortlisted for the Julie Suk Award, and The Alchemist’s Kitchen (White Pine Press, 2010), finalist for the Washington State Book Award. Her poems have appeared in the Harvard Review, New England Review, Poetry Ireland, and World Literature Today. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to South Africa (1997-1998), the 2000 PEN USA Award for Poetry, the 2008 Times Literary Supplement Award, and a 4Culture Grant. She is a co-founder of Poets on the Coast.  

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