Susan Atefat-Peckham

American poet

Baylor University
University of Nebraska

OccupationPoet

Susan Atefat-Peckham (August 12, 1970, in New York City – February 7, 2004) was an Iranian-American poet.^[1]

Life

She graduated from the Baylor University, and University of Nebraska with her PhD in 1999, where she was an Editorial Assistant for Prairie Schooner.^[2] She taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Hope College,^[3] where she was editor of Milkwood Review, and Georgia College & State University.^[4]

She and her son Cyrus were killed in an auto accident; her husband, Joel Peckham, mother, and youngest son Darius were hurt but survived.^[5]

Poetry

"Dates"; "AMEH JOON", Nebraska Center for Writers
That Kind of Sleep. Coffee House Press. 2001. ISBN 978-1-56689-116-5.
Deep Are These Distances Between Us. CavanKerry Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1-93388-096-9.

References

^ "Voices from the Gaps".
^ "NCW--Susan Atefat Peckham". Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
^ "Faculty Poet Wins Award / 2000-2001 / Archive / Press Releases / Hope - Hope College". www.hope.edu. Archived from the original on 2006-09-11.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2009-08-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ OWEN MORITZ (February 10, 2004). "POET & SON DIE IN JORDAN CRASH". New York Daily News.