Susannah Simpson

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Susannah Simpson has been in the nursing profession for many years and much of that time was spent as a hospice nurse. Simpson’s work was accepted by Cream Literary Alliance: Her Voice Series and was read last November at the Norton Museum. Simpson has been published in: North American Review, Potomac, Wisconsin Review, South Carolina Review, POET, Nimrod International, New Verse Daily, Poet Lore, Salamander, Sequestrum, SWWIM, South Florida Poetry Journal, and Xavier Review among others. Her book: Geography of Love & Exile was published in 2016 by Cervena Barva Press. She is the creator of WriteRECOVERY: Our Stories Can Save Us, a therapeutic writing curriculum designed to encourage people in 12 Step recovery. She is a volunteer teacher for DePorres Literacy Center and she is Founder/Co-Director of Performance Poets of The Palm Beaches Reading Series. Simpson holds an MFA from Bennington and a Ph.D. from SUNY/Binghamton.

Susannah has been an adjunct faculty member at Palm Beach State College and South University in West Palm Beach, FL, and at SUNY/ Empire College, Old Westbury, NY. She also served as Director of Academic Support@ SUNY/ Empire College, Long Island Center. She has been a presenter for JournalVerse:, Consultation Clinic, Therapeutic Writing Institute, National Association of Poetry Therapy and was a presenter for SUNY/Empire State ,LIC, on Soldier Poets of the Vietnam War.

Wellington Women’s Writing Group, Royal Palm Beach, FL
Palm Beach Poetry Festival Outreach Workshop
Morse Life Institute, West Palm Beach,
Afghan Women’s Writing Project (On-line)
Westbury Senior Center, Westbury, NY
Recreational Therapy Department, VA Hospital, Northport, NY
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY