National Poetry Month: An Interview with Susan Glass
April 3, 2023
In April 1996, the Academy of American Poets launched National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate poets’ role in our culture and remind readers that poetry matters. This year, we interviewed Susan Glass, a poet who is blind, about her literary journey and 2022 chapbook The Wild Language of Deer.
Meet Susan
Blind since birth, Susan Glass held a residency at the Cummington Community of the Arts in Massachusetts and earned her MFA from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. Susan worked as an English professor at San Jose State University and West Valley Community College. Now retired, Susan co-edits The Blind Californian, a magazine for the California Council of the Blind.
In 2022, Susan released a new book of poetry, The [...]