Susanna Rich is the only Emmy-Award nominee for poetry, a Fulbright Fellow in Creative Writing, Professor of English Studies and recipient of the Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Teaching at Kean University (NJ). A prize-winning poet specializing in historical topics, Susanna is founding producer and principal performer at Wild Nights Productions, LLC. Her repertoire includes the musical Shakespeare’s *itches: The Women v. Will; ashes, ashes: A Poet Responds to the Shoah; and Shout! a celebration of the centennial of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. With almost 1,000 publication and performance credits, Susanna is author of five poetry collections: Beware the House, Surfing for Jesus, Television Daddy, The Drive Home, and, forthcoming, Shout! Visit her blog at Because I Can Teach.