Suzanne Buffam

Suzanne Buffam is a Canadian poet

She is the author of two collections of poetry. Her poems have been published in literary journals and magazines including Poetry, Jubilat, A Public Space, Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, Books in Canada, and Prairie Schooner; and in anthologies including Breathing Fire: Canada’s New Poets. She earned an M.A. in English from Concordia University in Montreal, and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She currently teaches creative writing at the University of Chicago.

Recognition
Buffam's Her first poetry collection, Past Imperfect, won the Gerald Lampert Award in 2006. Her second, The Irrationalist, was shortlisted for the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Awards

 * 1998 CBC Literary Award for Poetry
 * 2006 Gerald Lampert Award

Publications

 * Past Imperfect. Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2005.
 * The Irrationalist (Carnarium Books, 2010),