Suzannah Gail Collins

Poet

Winter Park, FL
Florida US

Author's Bio

Suzannah Gail Collins is the author of a poetry chapbook, I Will Meet You at the River (as Suzannah Gilman), a frequent traveler, a licensed attorney who represented victims of domestic violence under a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, a mother of four, and a grandmother of four. Her poetry, essays, fiction, and nonfiction have been published in such publications as The Florida Review, Pearl Magazine, Calyx Journal, The Cafe Review, and The Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (also as Suzannah Gilman).  She is the winner of three flash fiction slams, and she won Literary Death Match Orlando on her fiftieth birthday. Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her poetry, she now writes for The Gloria Sirens on such topics as domestic violence, addiction, and relationships, and she writes fiction.  She lives in Florida with her husband, the poet Billy Collins. 

    Publications & Prizes

    Anthologies:
    The Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, 2007)
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    Family Matters: Poems of Our Families (Bottom Dog Press, 2005)
    Chapbook:
    I Will Meet You at the River (Finishing Line Press, 2013)
    Journals: , , ,
    Green Hills Literary Lantern
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    Levure Litteraire
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    Pearl Magazine
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    Poets Against the War
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    Prick of the Spindle
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    Slow Trains
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    The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

    Personal Favorites

    What I'm reading now: 
    Sister Stardust by Jane Green, The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patty Callahan Henry, Love and Ruin by Paula McLain, Perfume by Patrick Susskind, The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer, The Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline, Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur, The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews, Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar, Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani, The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, Two Women Walk Into a Bar by Cheryl Strayed, Watching You by Lisa Jewell, Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming

    More Information

    Gives readings: 
    Yes
    Travels for readings: 
    Yes
    Prefers to work with: 
    Any
    Born in: 
    Los Angeles, CA
    California
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    Last update: Jan 06, 2024