Susan Thomas

Events


Oct. 13, 2011 -- Reading, Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, VT, from The Empty Notebook Interrogates Itself (Fomite Press, October, 2011). 7:00 p.m.

Oct. 17, 2011 -- Reading, Boston Public Library, from Last Voyage, the selected poems of Giovanni Pascoli (Red Hen Press, Spring, 2010), co-translated by Susan, Richard Jackson and Deborah Brown. This reading is in association with the Dante Allighieri Society as part of Italian Heritage Month. 5:00-7:00 p.m.

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Selected Works

Poetry
The Empty Notebook Interrogates Itself (Fomite Press, 2011)
"Quick, open these pages and meet The Empty Notebook-the enduring nothingness out of which all is generated, the negative capability on which artists thrive, ecstatic world-wanderer, canny literary imitator, driven self-obsessive-as vivaciously, and audaciously, imagined by Susan Thomas. Pleasures await." .
-Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Voice of the Empty Notebook (Finishing Line Press, 2007)
Incredibly original... by turns ironic, tragic, comic... paradoxical gusto of pathos
-Richard Jackson
State of Blessed Gluttony (Red Hen Press, 2004)
Full of meaty poems and wry surprises... Thomas’ reach is broad and daring.
-Maxine Kumin
The Hand Waves Goodbye (Main Street Rag, 2002)
This delightful—and long overdue—collection shows Susan Thomas at her delicious best.
-Jane Shore
Poems in translation
Last Voyage: Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli (Red Hen Press, 2010)
“The major portion of this ambitious translation is devoted to Pascoli’s revisionist version of Homer’s epic; in it Odysseus does not return home, slay the suitors and embrace his wife. Instead, he falls into a deep sleep, sails past Ithaka and is forced to revisit his former route, complete with heart-stopping adventures and profound grief. The narration is deft, elegiac, and intensely lyrical, making this book a pleasure to read.” .
-Maxine Kumin