Suzanne Richardson Writes

Booth Poems

japanamationcoweyes — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:46 -0400

Booth Poems

japanamationcoweyes — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:57:25 -0400

Booth Poems

New poetry coming out at Booth next week

japanamationcoweyes — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:06:00 -0400

New poetry coming out at Booth next week

New Fiction coming soon at Southern Humanities Review

japanamationcoweyes — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:45:00 -0400

New Fiction coming soon at Southern Humanities Review

Nonfiction "Oh Niagara!"

japanamationcoweyes — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:59:31 -0500

Nonfiction "Oh Niagara!" :

My piece which won the 2013 Nonfiction award at The Journal

Blue Mesa Review issue 25 (New Pages review!)

japanamationcoweyes — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:05:40 -0500

Blue Mesa Review issue 25 (New Pages review!)

"They seem to have selective hearing about matters that that are urgent to me. Then, when I make a..."

japanamationcoweyes — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:16:00 -0400

“They seem to have selective hearing about matters that that are urgent to me. Then, when I make a mess, they point at it, furiously, how could I make such a mess? So eventually I stopped telling them I was in trouble.”

- Suzanne Richardson, Throw it Up. (via self-fortress)

"What was left was a person who pretended not to know, who pretended her life was fine, left was a..."

japanamationcoweyes — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:16:00 -0400

“What was left was a person who pretended not to know, who pretended her life was fine, left was a person who couldn’t admit her father and her boyfriend were very sick. Most of all this person couldn’t feel anything and yet felt everything. Her life was somehow simultaneously completely excruciating and completely pointless. Taking one breath concurrently a dagger, and a bore.”

- Suzanne Richardson, Throw it Up. (via self-fortress)

Interview with Pank Magazine

japanamationcoweyes — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 19:31:17 -0400

Interview with Pank Magazine

Nonfiction: Meredith is Missing

japanamationcoweyes — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:31:56 -0400

Nonfiction: Meredith is Missing:

Downloadable PDF is available at NHR.

Fiction: In His Grandfather's House

japanamationcoweyes — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:00:29 -0400

Fiction: In His Grandfather's House:

Fiction @High Desert Journal.

Full Text here:...

japanamationcoweyes — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:08:00 -0400

Full Text here: http://www.newhavenreview.com/index.php/print-editions/

Here’s the cover page for my piece in issue 10 of New...

japanamationcoweyes — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:56:00 -0400

Here’s the cover page for my piece in issue 10 of New Haven Review, “Meredith is Missing.” Full Text Here: http://www.newhavenreview.com/index.php/print-editions/

My piece "Oh, Niagara!" won The Journal's 2012 nonfiction contest

japanamationcoweyes — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:05:00 -0400

My piece "Oh, Niagara!" won The Journal's 2012 nonfiction contest:

Judged by writer Sonya Huber. I’m super honored.

"I orchestrated seedy sexual experiences with male friends who tried hard to reach some part of me..."

japanamationcoweyes — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:24:00 -0400

“I orchestrated seedy sexual experiences with male friends who tried hard to reach some part of me that was human, men who told me I was wonderful, and I never spoke to them again. I tried to hook up with strangers and when they didn’t give me exactly what I wanted, I treated them cruelly. I once smacked a guy across the face for kissing me poorly in a Williamsburg bar bathroom. Eventually I hid out in gay bars on the Lower East Side: The Boiler Room, Urge, Cock, feeling I was safe there. I went with friends often, and once or twice by myself. We would dance, drink, touch the go-go boys on the bars, critique the porn projected on the walls. I wanted to be left alone, I didn’t want to connect, I didn’t want sex, I didn’t want to feel anything. Sometimes on the dance floor, men would grab my crotch earnestly searching for a penis under my dress, and I genuinely felt guilty that I didn’t have one for them to enjoy. I thought about killing myself. I thought about doing heroin. I thought about becoming a nun. I got texts from men I’d met in bars: “U WANNA FUCK?” at three, four and five in the morning. I never responded - but I felt invigorated: I was finally getting somewhere. I was finally worth something! I was an object of desire.”

- Suzanne Richardson, Throw it Up. (via self-defeating)

Humbled to get quoted on the internet by young readers. Thanks for the love.

Here’s an excerpt from “Throw it Up” available...

japanamationcoweyes — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:02:21 -0400

Here’s an excerpt from “Throw it Up” available in print at New Ohio Review

Poems: The Curse & The Cursed

japanamationcoweyes — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:04:24 -0400

Poems: The Curse & The Cursed:

Two Poems up at PANK MAGAZINE. Audio is also available.

Best New Poet 2012 Nomination

japanamationcoweyes — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:05:00 -0400

I just got a Best New Poet 2012 Nomination for my poem @ Blood Orange Review “Valley Fever”. Fingers crossed that I might make it into that anthology.

UPDATE: So as it turns out Michael Dickman is not my reader and I didn’t make the cut, but I’m happy for those that did. A great anthology, I’ll keep my eye out for it when it comes out!

Fiction: "Nouvelle Vague"

japanamationcoweyes — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:19:00 -0400

Fiction: "Nouvelle Vague":

A piece about love and French film @ Front Porch

How are you so goddamn great?

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:08:47 -0400

Not entirely sure I am goddamn great, but if I am it might be because I try to get plenty of sleep, and drink lots of water, and write as much as possible.