PROSE
Susan Stenson is a retired ophthalmologist, who spent her nearly five-decade career at NYU-
Langone Medical Center, where she was involved in patient care, clinical research, and teaching,
with a special emphasis on Medical Ethics and Public Health. She is based in Manhattan and has
had a lifelong interest in writing and literature.

POETRY
Lynne Spigelmire Viti, the daughter of a tavern owner and a schoolteacher, was born and raised
in Baltimore. She was educated in the public schools through eighth grade, and graduated from
Mercy High School, Baltimore. She earned her B.A. cum laude from Barnard College, M.A.
from Teachers College, Columbia University, and JD and PhD in English from Boston College.
 
She is emerita at Wellesley College, where she taught in the Writing Program for 30 years. She
has two full-length poetry collections, The Walk to Cefalù (Cornerstone Press, 2022), Dancing at
Lake Montebello (Apprentice House, 2020), two poetry chapbooks, Baltimore Girls (2017) and
The Glamorganshire Bible (2018) and a short story collection, Going Too Fast (2020), the latter
all from Finishing Line Press. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in over 150 online and print
journals. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Westwood, Massachusetts, earlier this year.