Modern Poetry

Diane Seuss is an American poet known for her formally rigorous and emotionally candid work, particularly her mastery of the sonnet. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she grew up in rural Michigan and was raised mostly by her mother after her father's death from a drug overdose. frank: sonnets (2021), published by Graywolf Press, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Read more →