Suzanne Wadley Rhodenbaugh
Poetry books The Whole Shebang (WordTech, 2010) and Lick of Sense (Helicon Nine
Editions, 2001) and four chapbooks; editor of Sarah's Civil War, an 1859-1865 diary (Bluebird, 2012). Poems, essays, articles and reviews published widely in journals, newspapers, anthologies and magazines, including The American Scholar, The Hudson Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Salmagundi, The Washington Post. Former assoc. ed., River Styx; and book reviewer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. Former organizer and administrator, OEO ("War on Poverty") & United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Fund; consultant to non-profits; freelance editor; teacher, Johns Hopkins Writing Tutorial by Mail and Hanover County, Virginia school system; adjunct instructor,
colleges in Connecticut. MFA, writing - poetry, Vermont College; MPH, medical care
administration, University of Michigan; BA, English, University of South Florida; Hebrew Ulpan, Kibbutz Ginegar, Israel. Native of Florida, from Georgia family. Two stepchildren, one birthdaughter. Lives with husband Tom in St. Louis.
Works
The Deepest South I've Gotten and Other Essays
The Deepest South I've Gotten and Other Essays
Awards and Recognition
- Marianne Moore Poetry Prize
- Farrar Scholar in Poetry, Bread Loaf
- Poetry Fellow, Vermont Studio Center