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Poetry

I may not be the world’s best poet, but I believe writing poetry makes you a better writer.

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Books by Sue Burke

Dual Memory

Immunity Index

Semiosis trilogy

The Semiosis trilogy has its own website. It has a blog, scenes that didn’t make it into the book, short stories, essays, and the full Constitution. You can find it here: https://semiosispax.com/

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  • Two reasons not to hate the Super Bowl February 4, 2026
  • Treasure, alien life, and ghosts January 28, 2026
  • Go Ahead — Write This Story: Keeping it short January 21, 2026
  • Works eligible for awards January 14, 2026
  • Short Story Contest at Parsec January 7, 2026
  • What a year! The words of 2025 December 31, 2025
  • Your father’s first Christmas December 23, 2025
  • Don’t just say no December 10, 2025
  • Go Ahead — Write This Story: Beginnings December 3, 2025
  • Open mic on Friday November 26, 2025
  • ECO24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction November 19, 2025
  • ‘Arena Líquida / Liquid Sand’ by Jorge Valdés Díaz-Vélez, translated by Sue Burke and Christian Law-Palacín November 12, 2025
  • ‘Trees at Night’ at Clarkesworld November 3, 2025
  • The Sonnet From Hell October 31, 2025
  • Trade paperback of ‘Usurpation’ now available October 21, 2025
  • Impossible to be misunderstood October 15, 2025
  • I’ll have a few things to say about dogs on Monday October 10, 2025
  • International Translation Day: some of my translations September 30, 2025
  •  Go Ahead — Write This Story: Ideas September 24, 2025
  • Why I don’t use AI September 17, 2025
  • Can you pass this vocabulary test? September 10, 2025
  • “En Paz” — two translations September 3, 2025
  • Last Fridays Poetry in Chicago August 27, 2025
  • Calvary, bases, and other anachronisms August 20, 2025
  • My short story, “To Defeat Water,” at The Lorelei Signal August 8, 2025

Recent Posts

  • Two reasons not to hate the Super Bowl February 4, 2026
  • Treasure, alien life, and ghosts January 28, 2026
  • Go Ahead — Write This Story: Keeping it short January 21, 2026
  • Works eligible for awards January 14, 2026
  • Short Story Contest at Parsec January 7, 2026

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