Suzanne Roberts (born October 2, 1970) is an American poet,

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, and photographer.

Biography

Suzanne Roberts was born in New York City to a British mother and Jewish father. She grew up in

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and currently lives in

South Lake Tahoe, California South Lake Tahoe is the most populous city in El Dorado County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada. The city's population was 21,330 at the 2020 census, down from 21,403 at the 2010 census. The city, along the southern edge of Lake ...

. She is the author of a collection of lyrical essays, Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other difficulties (University of Nebraska Press, 2022), the memoir in travel essays, Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel (University of Nebraska Press, 2020), and the memoir ''Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail'', as well as four collections of poetry, ''Shameless'' (2007), ''Nothing to You'' (2008), ''Three Hours to Burn a Body: Poems on Travel'' (2011) and ''Plotting Temporality'' (2012). Roberts was named "The Next Great Travel Writer" by

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's Traveler, and her work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including ''Atlanta Review'', '' The Fourth River'', ''Matador'', ''National Geographic's Intelligent Traveler'', and ''National Geographic's Traveler''. She received an "Honorable Mention" in the "Best Free Poetry Contest" in 2011 for her poems ''The Casualties of War'' and ''A Soldier's Making''. Roberts holds degrees in Biology and English from

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Univ ...

, and a doctorate in English with an emphasis in Literature and the Environment from

University of Nevada, Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12, ...

. She is on the MFA low residency faculty at UNR-Tahoe.

Selected works

Books

* ''Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail'' (University of Nebraska Press, 2012) * ''Shameless'' (Cherry Grove Collections, 2007) * ''Nothing to You'' (Pecan Grove Press, 2008) (poem ''Crossing Paths'') * ''Three Hours to Burn a Body: Poems on Travel'' (Cherry Grove Collection, 2011)

Anthologies

* ''The Ghost of Muir Pass'', The Pacific Crest Trailside Reader. The Mountaineers Press, 2011.

Awards

National Outdoor Book Award The National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) was formed in 1997 as an American-based non-profit program which each year presents awards honoring the best in outdoor writing and publishing. It is housed at Idaho State University and chaired by Ron Watte ...

for ''Almost Somewhere'', Literature Category, 2012 * Eda Kriseova Fellowship for Nonfiction Writing in Prague, 2011 * Fourth River Award for Poetry, "Poulty Stall," 2009 * "The Next Great Travel Writer" Award Mongolia
National Geographic * Travcoa and National Geographic Traveler, 2008

References

External links

Staff entry at Lake Tahoe Community CollegeStaff entry at Sierra Nevada College

Family Skeletons: Writing about the Living and the Dead: A Discussion with Shelley Savren
Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal, 16.1 (Spring 2011)
Outsiders Looking In: An Interview with Matador
Summer 2010
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