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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