Susan B. A. Somers-Willett

Susan B. A. Somers-Willett is the author of two books of poetry, Quiver and Roam, and a book of criticism, The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry: Race, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America. Her honors include the Ann Stanford Poetry Prize and the Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award. Raised in New Orleans, she teaches English and Creative Writing at Montclair State University in New Jersey.

Susan B. A. Somers-Willett’s website is at susansw.com.

Published in VQR

• The Cutting Place, Fall 2009
• In the Office of Temporary Assistance, Fall 2009
• Women of Troy, Fall 2009
• The City Ablaze, Fall 2009
• Advice for the Penny Bride in Times of Economic Crisis, Fall 2009
• Just a Girl, Fall 2009
• A Call to Arms, Fall 2009
• Women of Troy, Fall 2009
• Darwin Strikes a Match, Spring 2006
• First Sex, Spring 2006
• My Natural History, Spring 2006