Susan McCaslin

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Susan Elizabeth McCaslin
Born(1947-06-03)3 June 1947
OccupationPoet, Writer, Educator
Alma mater University of British Columbia (1984) Simon Fraser University (1973)

Susan Elizabeth McCaslin (born June 3, 1947) is a Canadian poet and writer. [1]

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Biography

McCaslin lives in Fort Langley, British Columbia. She received an M.A. in English (thesis: Edgar Allan Poe) at Simon Fraser University, 1973; and a Ph.D. in English (dissertation: Vernon Watkins) at University of British Columbia, 1984.

She taught English and Creative Writing at Douglas College in British Columbia from 1984 to 2007. She is a retired Faculty Emerita who has authored fourteen volumes of poetry. Her most recent volume is Painter, Poet, Mountain: After Cézanne (Quattro Books, 2016). Her previous volume, Demeter Goes Skydiving (University of Alberta Press, 2011), was shortlisted for the BC Book Prize and the winner of the Alberta Book Publishing Award for 2012. She is an essayist, editor of poetry anthologies, children's author, memoirist, and creative non-fiction writer.

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Editor of poetry anthologies

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References

  1. 1 2 McCaslin, Susan (2011). Arousing the Spirit: Provocative Writings. Wood Lake Publishing Inc. ISBN   978-1-55145-598-3.