Susan Deer Cloud (born October 20, 1950) is an American writer of poetry, fiction, and creative essays. Previously she had work published under a former married name of
Susan Clements.
Biography
Deer Cloud, born to Joseph R. Hauptfleisch and Dorothea Mae Lare in
Livingston Manor, New York
Livingston Manor is a hamlet (and a census-designated place) in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 1,221 at the 2010 census.
Livingston Manor is located in the southern part of the town of Rockland. New York State Rou ...
, grew up in the
Borscht Belt
The Borscht Belt, or Jewish Alps, is a colloquial term for the mostly defunct summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan, Orange, and Ulster counties in the U.S. state of New York, straddling both Upstate New York and the nort ...
. She received her B.A. in General Literature and Creative Writing (
summa cum laude) and M.A. in
English Literature and
Creative Writing
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from
Binghamton University. She has an MFA in creative writing from
Goddard College
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.
Work and achievements
Deer Cloud resides in the
Catskill Mountains. She has taught Creative Writing at
Binghamton University, ranging from introductory poetry and fiction courses to upper level poetry courses, as well as Composition at
Broome Community College
SUNY Broome Community College (SUNY Broome) is a public community college in Broome County, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY). The college was founded in 1946 and has gone through several name changes. The school is ...
. She works as a full-time writer who gives poetry readings, talks and workshops at colleges and other venues.
Deer Cloud is the recipient of two New York State Foundation for the Arts Poetry Fellowships, an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant, a Chenango County Council for the Arts Grant, and a
National Endowment for the Arts
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Fellowship in Literature (Poetry).
She has received Prairie Schooner's Readers’ Choice Award and has twice been given First Prize in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Competition.
She founded and hosted readings and performances with a group of writers, artists and musicians called Binghamton's Underground Poets, Wild Indians & Exuberant Others, Unc. (Unincorporated), and edited a multicultural anthology ''Confluence'' containing work by Underground participants. She is also editor of the ongoing Re-Matriation Series of Indigenous Poetry for FootHills Publishing.
Bibliography
*''Before Language''. Shabda Press 2016/
*''Hunger Moon''. Shabda Press 2014.
*''Fox Mountain Poems''. FootHills Publishing 2013.
*''I WAS INDIAN (Before Being Indian Was Cool): An Anthology of Indigenous Poetry, Volume II, edited by Susan Deer Cloud. FootHills Publishing 2012.''
*''Braiding Starlight''. Split Oak Press 2010.
*''I WAS INDIAN (Before Being Indian Was Cool): an Anthology of Indigenous Poetry, Volume I, edited by Susan Deer Cloud. FootHills Publishing 2009.''
*''Car Stealer''. FootHills Publishing. 2009.
*''The Last Ceremony''. Foothills Publishing. 2007.
*''Confluence''. Anthology, edited by Deer Cloud. Foothills Publishing, 2006.
*''In The Moon When The Deer Lose Their Horns''. Chantry Press, Midland, NJ. 1993.
*''The Broken Hoop''. Blue Cloud Press, Marvin, SD. 1988.
References
NYFA Award Winners Announced by Harriet StaffI Was Indian II Anthology
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1950 births
Living people
People from Sullivan County, New York
People from Livingston Manor, New York