Alison Carb SussmanAlison Carb Sussman, a 2015 Pushcart Prize nominee, has garnered numerous awards and publications throughout her writing career. Her chapbook, On the Edge, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2013. Sussman won the Abroad Writers' Conference/Finihing Line Press Authors Poetry Contest and read her winning poems as their guest in Dublin, Ireland in 2015. Her poem Dirty'' was a finalist in Naugatuck River Review's 11 th Annual Narrative Poetry Contest in 2019. Her poem Anhedonia'' (now ''Anhedonic Woman) was a finalist in the 49th Parallel Award for Poetry in Bellingham Review's 2016 Literary Contests. Her poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, Cutthroat: A journal of the Arts, Gargoyle, The New York Times, Rattle, Southword, and other publications. She lives and writes in New York City. Read More Read Less