Diane Seuss is the author of five books of poetry, most recently frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press, 2021), winner of the PEN / Voelcker Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Her sixth collection, Modern Poetry, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in 2024. Seuss was raised by a single mother in rural Michigan, which she continues to call home. (updated 10/2022)

Seuss’ AGNI poem “Ballad That Ends with Bitch” received a Pushcart Prize and is reprinted in the 2024 anthology.