Susan Lembo Balik

Susan Lembo Balik’s first book of poetry, Sinatra, the Jeeperettes & me, was published in July by Garden Oak Press.  She is Associate Director of Cultural Affairs at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, NJ (home to the Poetry Center). She has a master degree in journalism from New York University, and has worked as a newspaper feature writer and columnist.  Her poems have appeared in The Paterson Literary Review, Lips, Paddlefish, Tiferet, and other literary journals.