Susan Deer Cloud (born October 20, 1950) is an American writer of poetry, fiction, and creative essays. Previously she had work published under a former married name of Susan Clements.

Biography

Deer Cloud, born to Joseph R. Hauptfleisch and Dorothea Mae Lare in

Livingston Manor, New York Livingston Manor is a hamlet (and a census-designated place) in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 1,053 at the 2020 census. Livingston Manor is located in the southern part of the town of Rockland. New York State Ro ...

, grew up in the

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. She received her B.A. in General Literature and Creative Writing (

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) and M.A. in

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and

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from

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university in Binghamton metropolitan area, Greater Binghamton, New York, United States. It is one of the four uni ...

. She has an MFA in creative writing from

Goddard College Goddard College was a Private college, private college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle. The college offered undergraduate and graduate degree programs. With predecessor ins ...

Work and achievements

Deer Cloud resides in the

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. She has taught Creative Writing at

, ranging from introductory poetry and fiction courses to upper level poetry courses, as well as Composition at

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. She works as a full-time writer who gives poetry readings, talks and workshops at colleges and other venues. Deer Cloud is the recipient of two New York State Foundation for the Arts Poetry Fellowships, an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant, a Chenango County Council for the Arts Grant, and a

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Fellowship in Literature (Poetry). She has received Prairie Schooner's Readers’ Choice Award and has twice been given First Prize in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Competition. She founded and hosted readings and performances with a group of writers, artists and musicians called Binghamton's Underground Poets, Wild Indians & Exuberant Others, Unc. (Unincorporated), and edited a multicultural anthology ''Confluence'' containing work by Underground participants. She is also editor of the ongoing Re-Matriation Series of Indigenous Poetry for FootHills Publishing.

Bibliography

*''Before Language''. Shabda Press 2016/ *''Hunger Moon''. Shabda Press 2014. *''Fox Mountain Poems''. FootHills Publishing 2013. *''I WAS INDIAN (Before Being Indian Was Cool): An Anthology of Indigenous Poetry, Volume II, edited by Susan Deer Cloud. FootHills Publishing 2012.'' *''Braiding Starlight''. Split Oak Press 2010. *''I WAS INDIAN (Before Being Indian Was Cool): an Anthology of Indigenous Poetry, Volume I, edited by Susan Deer Cloud. FootHills Publishing 2009.'' *''Car Stealer''. FootHills Publishing. 2009. *''The Last Ceremony''. Foothills Publishing. 2007. *''Confluence''. Anthology, edited by Deer Cloud. Foothills Publishing, 2006. *''In The Moon When The Deer Lose Their Horns''. Chantry Press, Midland, NJ. 1993. *''The Broken Hoop''. Blue Cloud Press, Marvin, SD. 1988.

References

NYFA Award Winners Announced by Harriet StaffI Was Indian II Anthology
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