from Lullabies for the Dead

Yerra Sugarman is the author of two poetry collections, Forms of Gone and The Bag of Broken Glass (both Sheep Meadow Press). She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and awards from PEN American Center, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Poetry Society of America, and The Nation magazine. She teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Houston. (updated 10/2016)