Suzanne Buffam

Suzanne Buffam

Suzanne Buffam’s (b. 1972) first collection of poetry, Past Imperfect, won the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for Poetry and was named a Book of the Year by the Globe and Mail. Her second collection of poetry, The Irrationalist, was a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Most recently, she is the author of A Pillow Book (House of Anansi Press, 2016). Her work has appeared in international anthologies and publications, including Poetry, jubilat, Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, Books in Canada, and Breathing Fire: Canada’s New Poets. She lives in Chicago.