Suzanne Matson

Suzanne Matson
Born	1959 (age 65–66)[ 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.com

Suzanne Marie Matson (born 1959) is an American fiction writer, poet and professor at Boston College.

Education and career

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

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

• 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). The Hunger Moon. W. W. Norton & Company.
• Matson, Suzanne (2018). Ultraviolet. New York. ISBN   978-1-936787-95-1. OCLC   1049803120.

Honors and awards

In 2012 Matson received a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship. ^{[10] [11]}

References

1. Matson, Suzanne Marie (1983). Night train (Thesis). OCLC   9809621.
2. Matson, Suzanne (1987). Present tenses in American poetry (Thesis). OCLC   17212609.
3. "Bio". Suzanne Matson. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Reviews for Ultraviolot
   • "Briefly Noted". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
   • "Ultraviolet Review". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
8. Weiner, Harte (1990). "Review of Sea Level". Harvard Book Review (17/18): 17–18. ISSN   1080-6067. JSTOR   27500132.
9. Brouwer, Joel (1994). "Review of Durable Goods". Harvard Review (6): 195–197. ISSN   1077-2901. JSTOR   27560101.
10. "Suzanne Matson". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
11. Shanahan, Mark; Goldstein, Meredith (November 19, 2011). "NEA awards grants to local writers – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-08-15.

External links

• Official website