Susan Gubernat has a book of poems called “Flesh” and if you are interested in buying it, you can find it here.

If you ever get the chance, you need to take a class taught by Susan Gubernat. She introduced me to the obsessive nature of revision and taught me about the diligent effort needed to make good work.

She’s a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s conference, so she successfully got into the most competitive program in the world. 

Susan told me and the rest of my class that the real factor in success is putting the work first and finding time for it every day. When I drove all the way out to Iowa, all of the instructors and lecturers said the same thing again and again.

Work. Every day.

You can read her poem “Etruscans,” and listen to it at Cortland review here.

Thank you Miss Gubernat for a challenging class that made me grow as a writer.