Susan Carol Hauser’s books include My Kind of River Journey: Seeking Passage on the Mississippi, Center for American Places, Columbia College Chicago, 2011; A Field Guide to Poison Ivy; A Field Guide to Ticks; Outside after Dark: New and Selected Poems; You Can Write a Memoir; Wild Rice Cooking (Minnesota Book Award); A Maple Syrup Memoir with Instructions; and Meant to Be Read Out Loud (Minnesota Book Award). She has been a regular commentator on NPR’s “Living on Earth.” Professor Emerita, Bemidji State University, she holds an MFA in poetry from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. http://www.susanhauser.com [2]