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Dressing the Bear

*Winner of the 2023 Louise Bogan Award

*Finalist for the 2025 Eric Hoffer da Vinci Eye Award (Cover Design: Joel W. Coggins)

*Shortlisted for the 2022 Arthur Smith Poetry Prize


Book Lists

Academy of American Poets 2024 Featured Fall Books 

CLMP’s 2024 Year-End Poetry Roundup 

Writers’ Trust 2024 Best Books of the Year

Heavy Feather Review‘s 2024 Favorites

Philly Poetry Chapbook Review New Poetry Titles


Reviews

Publishers Weekly

Daniel Lassell in Diode Poetry Journal 

Jane Zwart in Plume Poetry

Elizabeth Sylvia in Psaltery & Lyre 

Shannon Vare Christine in Harbor Review

Carla Sarett in Trampoline Poetry 

Rebecca Foster in Shelf Awareness, Starred Review 


Interviews

Interviewed by Diane Gottleib for The Rumpus, “Chasing the Afterlife: A Conversation with Susan L. Leary”

Interviewed by Mandira Pattnaik for Let’s Get to Know Our Poets Better!: An Interview Series with Contemporary Poets

Interviewed by Annie Wyner for the Trio House Press Substack


Events

Tomorrow Bookstore, Indianapolis, IN

December 7, 2024

Be Well Reading Series

December 5, 2024

The DMQ Virtual Salon

December 1, 2024

Indianapolis Public Library Book Fair

October 19, 2024

Carmel Clay Public Library Book Fair

August 24, 2024

Trio House Press Release Reading

July 1, 2024

Sunday Salon Chicago

April 28, 2024

The Inflectionist Review Reading Series

March 25, 2024

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