Welcome Yerra, and congratulations on your award! Will see you no
doubt on the 23rd for the official ceremonies in Nueva York. And
certainly looking forward to reading FORMS OF GONE.
Pierre
On May 11, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Yerra Sugarman wrote:
> Dear Pierre,
>
> Thank you for posting this. Congratulations!!! And I think that
> you've
> given me the courage to introduce myself to this amazing list.
> I've been a bit
> shy about doing so, but I've really been enriched by all of the
> voices here. My
> deepest thanks to Alison, whose wisdom and brilliance has been
> inspiring to
> me.
>
> Anyway, hi to all of you! My name is Yerra Sugarman, and I am very
> honored
> to be on a list with Pierre, whom I admire so very much. My first
> poetry
> collection, FORMS OF GONE (Sheep Meadow Press), also received one
> of this year's
> PEN awards, the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for a new poet. The book
> is about
> having grown up among Holocaust survivors, so the award is
> especially meaningful.
> I hope you all don't mind my saying that.
>
> I was born in Toronto (Canada), but I've lived in New York for a
> long time.
> I teach at NYU and at City College.
>
> Apologies for my having been so reticent for so long.
>
> Warmly,
> Yerra Sugarman
>
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