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About Me

I am an author from Bend, Oregon. I have published two poetry collections, Blight and The Flesh Procession. Pudding House Press just released my new poetry chapbook, Vacancy. Dzanc Books will release my first short story collection, Misfits and Other Heroes, this June!Advance Praise for Misfits and Other Heroes: “A collection of winningly perverse pleasures. Misfits & Other Heroes is the literary equivalent of Todd Browning’s classic film Freaks, which is – in this achingly dull age of worthy fictions – a wonderful and daring thing to be.”—Pinckney Benedict

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

the ghost of Shirley Jackson

My Blog

Diary of a First Book, Entry 1

I am posting a blog at The Nervous Breakdown in a diary form to chronicle the release of my first book of short stories, Misfits and Other Heroes.To check out post number 1, An Ode to Turtle Sundaes a...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:44:00 GMT

Review of The Blue Life Sketches by Jonathan Treadway

It would be a lie to call me impartial. The poet Jonathan Treadway is my dear friend, though we have never met. The way we came into each others lives rivals the best movie plot. Seven years ago a sm...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 18:18:00 GMT

first early review of Misfits and Other Heroes

..Misfits and Other Heroes: Suzanne Burns ....By Lauren Becker    Suzanne Burns writes like a Chuck Palahniuk protégé, dealing with the secret, dark side of life to which many dont venture. Her stori...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:03:00 GMT

a late hello

Hi to Everyone who follows this blog,If you haven't noticed I've been off-line for quite some time. My computer crashed and I found myself the owner of a beautiful new shiny read laptop. Still this ha...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:53:00 GMT

Back with new poems...

Hi Everyone, I am slowly learning how to navigate my new laptop, but I'd like to share the new poems I've been working on this past month. They all revolve around my brief yet magnificent trip to Pari...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:19:00 GMT

Vacancy chapbook available

Hi Everyone,After an extended period of time off-line, I am back. My new chapbook of prose poems, Vacancy, published by Pudding House Press, is now available. The short book chronicles the infamous ev...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:20:00 GMT

Sunday blog: Tribute to Hollywood

Those of you who know me know I am obsessed with three things: circus freaks, baked goods and Hollywood. To be more specific, I adore sideshows and circuses, teaching myself how to make exotic dessert...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:31:00 GMT

The Satchel

Tonight I went to see the lovely and talented Jamie Houghton read from her soon-to-be published chapbook collection. She read with gusto and emotion; her poems are complex and touching and academic an...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:39:00 GMT

Sunday poem: The Interesting Ones

Hi Everyone,This week I've been working on trying to wrangle all of these new poems into some sort of book/extended project. Though I have had a hard time focusing, not because of Valentine's Day so m...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:17:00 GMT

Early V-Day sugar blog up

Hi Everyone,My new blog is up at www.thenervousbreakdown.com Of course it's about sugar. Thanks to everyone who keeps reading. Suzanne 
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:47:00 GMT