Susan A. Katz

Susan A. Katz is an internationally recognized poet, author, and teacher. She has conducted poetry workshops for children and educators throughout the United States and Canada. Her poems have appeared in dozens of magazines, periodicals, and anthologies, and she has three published poetry collections and two co-authored textbooks with Orff Schulwerk Specialist, Judith A. Thomas, blending words and music, and illustrating creative ways to integrate the arts into school curriculums. Her work has been cited as, “evoking a powerful sense of physical passion and deeply felt experiences”; “outspokenly erotic and sensual”; “terribly powerful…oddly strong…wonderful.” Ms. Katz was, for over a decade, the book review editor for Bitterroot magazine and has presented extensive readings of her work.