Susan Sherman

Susan Sherman (born 1939) is an American "radical" poet[1] and playwright and the founder of IKON magazine.[2]

Susan Sherman
Occupationwriter
Genrepoetry, playwriting

Career

Sherman's work is connected to the Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM) in the 1970s and 1980s.[3] She is a self-proclaimed radical poet. Her poem Lilith of the Wildwood, of the Fair Places depicts Lilith as an outlaw figure.[4] In addition to writing poetry, plays, and articles, she also was a cultural organizer and worked as an editor and wrote reviews. She was close friends with May Sarton whose work she edited.[5][6] She was also the founder of IKON magazine that ran from 1967 to 1994.[3]

Bibliography
  • Sherman, Susan (2014). Nirvana on Ninth Street. Framingham, MA: Wings Press. ISBN 1609404076. OCLC 882607542.
  • Sherman, Susan (2012). The Light that Puts an End to Dreams: Selected Poems. Framingham, MA: Wings Press. ISBN 0916727947. OCLC 829969743.
  • Sherman, Susan (2014). America’s Child: A Woman’s Journey through the Radical Sixties. Evanston, IL: Curbstone Press. ISBN 1931896356. OCLC 254027135.
  • Sherman, Susan (1998). Casualties of War, New Poems & Prose. Venom Press.
  • Sherman, Susan (1990). The Color of the Heart: Writing from Struggle & Change 1959-1990. Evanston, IL: Curbstone Press. ISBN 0915306905. OCLC 22376289.
  • Sherman, Susan; Hahn, Kimiko; Jackson, Gale (1988). We Stand Our Ground: Three Women, Their Vision, Their Poems. New York, NY: Ikon Inc. ISBN 0945368003. OCLC 17546117.
  • Sherman, Susan (1975). Women Poems Love Poems. Brooklyn, NY: Two & Two Press. ASIN B001CJXO9M.
  • Sherman, Susan (1974). With Anger/With Love: Selections, Poems and Prose 1963 - 1972. Mulch Press. ASIN B009NOL95O.
  • Sherman, Susan (1963). Areas of Silence. Hespiridian Press/Hardware Poets Theater. OCLC 4862705.
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References
  1. "May 1968: 40 Years Later". City Journal. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  2. "The Color of the Heart | Northwestern University Press". www.nupress.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  3. Enszer, Julie R. (2012-07-25). "'The Light that Puts an End to Dreams: New and Selected Poems' by..." Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  4. Dame, Enid; Rivlin, Lilly; Wenkart, Henny (1998-09-01). Which Lilith?: Feminist Writers Re-Create the World's First Woman. Jason Aronson, Incorporated. ISBN 9781461632535.
  5. Rich, Adrienne (2003-10-17). What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393348149.
  6. Gussow, Mel. "May Sarton, Poet, Novelist and Individualist, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-12-02.


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