Susan B.A. Somers-Willett is the author of two books of poetry, Quiver (University of Georgia Press, 2009) and Roam (Crab Orchard Award Series, 2006), as well as a book of criticism, The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry (University of Michigan Press, 2009). Her writing and criticism have been featured by several journals including The Iowa Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Gulf Coast, Poets & Writers, The New York Times, and The New Yorker. Her collaborative multi-media documentary poetry series “Women of Troy” aired on PRI and BBC radio affiliates and received a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media. Her other honors include the Writers’ League of Texas Book Award, a National Endowment in the Arts Fellowship, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, and a Pushcart Prize. She lives with her daughter Libby in Austin, Texas.