Susan
B.A. Somers-Willett 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 The Iowa Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poets
& Writers, and The New Yorker,
Somers-Willett has enjoyed success writing across different media--for
print, for the stage, for art installations, and for radio and multimedia--as
well as performing in different venues across the country.
About
the role of performance in her writing, she says:
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