Looking at a photograph of a person looking out a window at Mt. St. Helens years after eruption
By Suzanne Edison
Suzanne Edison’s first full length book, Since the House Is Burning, by MoonPath Press was published in 2022 and was a First Finalist in the Poetry Society of Virginia book contest. Her chapbook, The Body Lives Its Undoing, was published in 2018. Poetry can be found in Naugatuck River Review, Lily Poetry Review, MER, JAMA, Whale Road Review, and elsewhere. She is a 2019 Hedgebrook alum and teaches writing workshops through UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
10/3 / Meet the Artist with visiting poet-in-residence K.T. Landon / The Library at The Betsy-South Beach, Miami Beach, FL / Live and Live-Streamed on Instagram Live/Facebook Live at @swwimmiami / 6:00 pm EST / Free
10/3 / Poetry Reading with visiting poet-in-residence K.T. Landon + local writer Deborah DeNicola / The Library at The Betsy-South Beach, Miami Beach, FL / Live and Live-Streamed on Instagram Live/Facebook Live at @swwimmiami / 7:00 pm EST / Free
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