Suzanne Juhasz

Suzanne Juhasz is a retired Professor of English and Women’s Studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder. In many books and essays she has written on women writers (especially Emily Dickinson), feminist theory, psychology, queer theory, and sometimes ballet. She is the Founding Editor of “The Emily Dickinson Journal.” In 1998 she received the Distinguished Senior Scholar Award from the American Association of University Women.

Her new book, “Discovering Senior Space: A Memoir,” is not a work of scholarship but is written for a general audience. Its impetus was retirement itself. It explores the moment in time between middle age and old age, what she calls ‘senior space.” Here she has experienced confusion, a sense of instability, and questions about her own identity. Yet the messages that have come from her culture about this period are either dismissive or unrelentingly cheerful. Few have spoken to her own experience. In this memoir she seeks a more realistic understanding of senior space by experiencing the past in its relation to her present self and life.

Suzanne Juhasz lives in Boulder, Colorado with her partner. She is a proud mother and grandmother.