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This poem is from the chapbook SIGN LANGUAGE by Susan Dworski Nusbaum (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/sign-language-by-susan-dworski-nusbaum/
Born in Rochester, NY, Susan Dworski Nusbaum received her BA from Smith College and JD from the University of Buffalo Law School. She lives in Buffalo, NY where she raised her family, worked as a musician, teacher, arts administrator, and most recently, as an attorney. Her poetry collections, What We Take With Us, Open Wide, the Eye,and Alive in This Place, were released in 2014, 2016, and 2019. (Coffeetown Press). Her fourth poetry collection, This Uncertain Voyage, was released in February, 2024 (Coffeetown Press.) Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The Connecticut River Review, Poetry East, Woven Tale Press, Nimrod International Journal, Chautauqua Literary Journal, Calliope, Chautauqua, Harpur Palate, Wisconsin Review, The Woven Tale Press, The Sow’s Ear: A Celebration of Western New York Poets, (2014), and The Buffalo News. She has presented her work in solo public readings in several communities in the Northeast and Florida.
The Paddock Review 