Self-PortraitintheRiverofDjVuisthefourthandfinalbookbySusanLaughter(pronouncedLaw-ter)Meyers,whosufferedastrokeanddiedinJuneof2017.Meyerswastheauthoroftwocollectionsofpoems:MyDear,DearStaggerGrass,theinauguralwinneroftheCiderPressReviewEditors'Prize,andKeepandGiveAway(UniversityofSouthCarolinaPress,2006)whichreceivedtheSouthCarolinaPoetryBookPrize,theSouthernIndependentBooksellersAlliance(SIBA)BookAwardforPoetry,andtheBrockman-CampbellBookAward.HerchapbookLessonsinLeaving(1998)wonthePersephonePressBookAward.