“L “is for Ludvigson, Susan (b.1942)

“L “is for Ludvigson, Susan (b.1942). Poet. Born in Wisconsin, Ludvigson received an M. A. in English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and then studied with James Dickey at the University of South Carolina. For many years she was a professor of English at Winthrop University. Since1979 Ludvigson’s work has earned many awards, including Guggenheim and Fulbright fellowships. In a 1986 interview, she recalled that she first wrote poems while in her teens. Her first volume of poetry, Step Carefully in Night Grass, appeared in 1974. Ludvigsen has published a number of books of poetry since.  Sweet Confluence, published in 2000 consists of selected poems from previous volumes as well as new works. This volume demonstrates the versatility of form and subject and the material maturity that earned Susan Ludvigson her place as a prominent American poet.