Since receiving her Ph.D. in English from The University of Oklahoma, Susan Smith Nash has spent a great deal of time on educational, economic development, and literary projects in South America and the former Soviet Union, particularly Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Her essays, poetry, and short fiction have appeared recently in 13th Moon, Gazetti Litteraria (Baku, Azerbaijan), Talisman, La Nación (Asuncion, Paraguay), Sodobnost (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Outlet, and World Literature Today. Susan lives with her teenage son, Michael, and her beagle, Sammy, in Norman, Oklahoma.



photo: The Author in Chile