Susan McCabe

Susan McCabe was born in Los Angeles, and is an American poet and scholar. She is currently a Professor of English at the University of Southern California.

Life

Susan McCabe received her Ph.D in Creative Writing and Literature at UCLA. She has taught at the University of Oregon and Arizona State University. She currently lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the University of Southern California.

Poetry

McCabe is the author of several books of poetry, most recently Descartes' Nightmare.

Scholarly Work

From 2005-2006 Susan McCabe was the president of the Modernist Studies Association. Focusing particularly on Modernist poetry, McCabe's most recent book of criticism is Letters from a Fortune Teller: Book of Poems.

Honors

• Fellow (or Equivalent) of National Society in Discipline, American Academy in Berlin, Fall 2011
• Mellon Award for Graduate Mentoring, 2009-2010
• Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities & Social Sciences, 2008-2009
• Agha Shahid Ali Award, First Prize for Poetry Book, Fall 2007
• Fulbright Award, Research/Lecturer at Lund University, Sweden, Spring 2006
• Yale University Beinecke Library Fellowship, 2005
• Center for Feminist Research Travel Grant, Spring 2004
• USC Zumberge Research and Innovation Fund Award, Fall 2000
• Outstanding Mentor Award for Graduate Students, Arizona State University, 1998-1999

Bibliography

• "'Say Can You See a Wind from the East:' Gertrude Stein and a Feminist Is". (Christine Wertheim, Ed.). (2009; Les Figues Press)
• Descartes' Nightmare: A Book of Poems. (Kate Coles, Ed.). (2008; University of Utah Press)
• Cinematic Modernism: Modern Poetry and Film. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (2005)
• Swirl. Red Hen Press. (2003)
• Elizabeth Bishop: Her Poetics of Loss. Pennsylvania University State Press. (1994)

References

• Susan McCabe's USC Faculty Profile