Susan
is the author of two books of poetry, Quiver (VQR Poetry
Series, University of Georgia Press) and Roam (Crab Orchard
Award Series, Southern Illinois University Press), and a book of
criticism, The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry (University
of Michigan Press). In addition to her work being featured in periodicals
such as Virginia Quarterly Review, The Iowa Review, Indiana
Review, and Poets & Writers, Susan has enjoyed
success as a poet on the page and the stage. She has featured nationally
as a performance poet, has competed at three National Poetry Slams,
and her work was a quarter-finalist for Philophonema's Lyric Recovery
Festival at Carnegie Hall. About the role of performance in her
work, Susan says:
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