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Suzanne Roberts

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Suzanne Roberts is the author of 52 Writing Prompts: Inspiration for the Creative Writer (UNP, 2026), PEN award longlisted Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties (UNP, 2022), the award-winning travel essay collection Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel, and the memoir Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award), as well as four books of poems. Named "The Next Great Travel Writer" by National Geographic's Traveler, Suzanne's work has been listed as notable in Best American Essays and included in The Best Women's Travel Writing. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, National Geographic, Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, The Rumpus, Hippocampus, The N ...more

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	Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail 3.83 avg rating — 2,053 ratings — published 2012 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Tourist: Misadventures in Love and Travel 3.73 avg rating — 308 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties 4.32 avg rating — 159 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	52 Writing Prompts: Inspiration for the Creative Writer 4.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Hours to Burn a Body: Poems on Travel 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shameless: Poems 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing to You it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plotting Temporality it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Suzanne Roberts liked Sholeh Wolpe's review of 52 Writing Prompts: Inspiration for the Creative Writer: "A well-crafted, essential book. "
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Suzanne Roberts rated a book it was amazing Otherwhere: New and Selected Poems, 1976-2026 by Carolyn Forché (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is an astonishing work. 50 years of poetry, and the new poems are stunning. This is one of the most important poetry books of the century and a book I’ll return to again and again.
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Suzanne Roberts liked Rebecca Gummere's review of 52 Writing Prompts: Inspiration for the Creative Writer: "I was honored to receive an advance digital copy of this thoroughly remarkable book. Let me be up front and say I generally don't love prompts. But I thoroughly love this book that is filled with so much encouragement and wisdom, with the invitation " Read more of this review »
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Suzanne Roberts liked Sarah's review of 52 Writing Prompts: Inspiration for the Creative Writer: "The book is a clear and helpful guide to get out of your writing rut. I have been enjoying the weekly prompts and I love the literary references to help deepening knowledge while writing. "
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Advanced Praise: “52 Writing Prompts contains much more than writing prompts. In engagingly written and occasionally confessional prose, Suzanne Roberts offers a comprehensive launch pad for writing in essay, fiction, and poetic forms. There are examp ...more
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Suzanne Roberts rated a book it was amazing Amazing! by Kate Evans (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book will have you quickly turning the pages, following along on a journey of later-in-life reinvention. Traveling along with 62-year-old Nina as she faces old fears and breaks free from a mind-numbing existence into a truly amazing new life off ...more
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Advanced Praise: “52 Writing Prompts contains much more than writing prompts. In engagingly written and occasionally confessional prose, Suzanne Roberts offers a comprehensive launch pad for writing in essay, fiction, and poetic forms. There are examp ...more
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