Diane Seuss is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently Modern Poetry (Graywolf Press 2024), a finalist for the National Book Award and the Griffin Poetry Prize. frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press 2021) was the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Althea: Poems is forthcoming in May 2027. Seuss is a member of the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors. She was raised by a single mother in rural Michigan, which she continues to call home.