Jacqueline Suskin is a poet and educator who has composed more than 40,000 improvisational poems with her ongoing writing project, Poem Store. She is the author of eight books, with work featured in various publications including the New York Times, the Atlantic, and the Los Angeles Times. As the artist-in-residence at Folklife Farm from 2019-2021, Jacqueline founded a retreat program and continues to host artists from around the world. She works in Detroit as a teaching artist with InsideOut Literary Arts, bringing nature poetry into urban classrooms.
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