Suzanne
Burns has previously published two collections of poetry, Blight from
Archer Books and The Flesh Procession from Bleak
House Books. Her writing has been nominated for four
Pushcart Prizes and she is the recipient of two poetry
fellowships. She is a freelance editor who is currently
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Publish
Date: Summer 2009
"This is no ordinary collection.
In Misfits and Other Heroes Burns writes of disproportion,
excess, reinvention, and lack as a means of magnifying
outward physical irregularities to better reveal the
inner irregularities of her characters. Burns is unafraid
to explore the dark territory of human heart where
love and hate are twins for desire and dread. The many
brilliant moments of character, language, and startling
observations indicate Burns is a keen observer of the
wretched and wonderful human creature. In Burns' capable
hands the grotesque becomes achingly familiar: the
misfits she writes about are us."
—Gina Oschner, author of People I Wanted to Be
"Suzanne Burns's "heroes" in Misfits and Other
Heroes may at first seem
just the other side of real, but in their obsessions with food and love and their
stories' perfectly odd specificity, they're as real and credible as Americans
can be, whether they're a tiny husband carried around in a bird cage by his wife
or a woman who prefers to eat glass rather than dumplings or a couple attached
to a dollhouse. Who would have thought that Oregon's misfits could be as deluded
and cruel as Flannery O'Connor's Southerners and even more bizarre?"
—Tom Whalen, author of Winter Coat
"Misfits and Other Heroes shows what happens when relationships get downright
weird between adorably flawed and familiar characters. Take a good, long look
into Burns' funhouse mirror and find yourself anew."
—Trevor Dodge, author of Everyone I Know Lives on Roads
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