East of the River Author:Suzanne Nielsen Suzanne Nielsen, a native of St. Paul, Minnesota, waits for the change of seasons from winter to above freezing with suspicion. She teaches writing at Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and — The Loft Literary Center. She has published poems in various literary journals nationally and internationally. M... more »ost recently, her work has appeared in The Comstock Review, Brick and Mortar Review, Mid-America Poetry Review, Flash Fantastic, Asphodel and 580 Split. Upcoming work will appear in Banyan Review, Gin Bender Poetry Review and Thunder Sandwich. She writes quarterly column, Cool Dead People, for www.doubledarepress.com. Cool Dead People also appears quarterly in print through Whistling Shade Literary Journal.« less