Susan Kinsolving is an American

United States

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 poet whose books include The White Eyelash, Dailies & Rushes (a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award

National Book Critics Circle Award

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) and Among Flowers.

Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications including The New York Times Book Review, Poetry

Poetry

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, Yale Review

Yale Review

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, The Paris Review

Paris Review

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, The New Republic

The New Republic

The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...

, The Nation, and The Washington Post. A finalist for the Walt Whitman Award and the Yale Younger Series

Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition

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 award, she has taught at Bennington College

Bennington College

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, California Institute of the Arts

California Institute of the Arts

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, University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

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, Southampton College

Southampton College

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, and Chautauqua Institution

Chautauqua Institution

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. She has received international fellowships from France, Italy, Switzerland, and Scotland.

Glimmerglass Opera

Glimmerglass Opera

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 commissioned her to write lyrics for a cantata

Cantata

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, entitled Constellations, in collaboration with composer David Carlson

David Carlson

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. Several of her poems have been set to music and performed in the United States and abroad. She has been invited to present her poems at universities, clubs, libraries and literary festivals throughout the world. She is currently in her second year as Poet in Residence at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut

Lakeville, Connecticut

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