Suzanne Buffam
Session: 
English Language and Literature

Suzanne Buffam is the author of three collections of poetry, the most recent of which, A Pillow Book (Canarium Books, 2016), was named one of the 10 best books of poetry in 2016 by the New York Times. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Jeannette Heian Ballard Foundation, she is Associate Professor of Practice in the Arts in the Program of Creative Writing in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago.