Norris Carlson (Suzanne Heyd)

(SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

Crawl Space

Dislocation

Fascicles

Vial Trapped In A Fairy Tale

Elemental: Nitrogen

Incantations

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BIO

Norris Suzanne Carlson is an interdisciplinary poet. Under the name Suzanne Heyd, she is the author of the chapbooks Fascicles (Finishing Line Press), winner of the Literal Latte Poetry Award, and Crawl Space (Phylum Press). Her work appears in Ploughshares, Spillway, AGNI, jubilat, Nimrod, Washington Square, Beloit Poetry Journal, Cimarron Review, and elsewhere. She received fellowships from Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Connecticut Council of the Arts, and was a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar. Norris has performed and exhibited her hybrid work in galleries, on stage, and ecological sites such as an abandoned slate quarry, a redwood forest, and an arroyo in the high desert. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of the Fine Arts, and lives on small organic farm on Orcas Island with her husband, the artist Peter Carlson.