{"id":547,"date":"2024-12-25T04:22:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T04:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/susanwooldridge.com\/staging\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T04:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T04:34:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/susanwooldridge.com\/staging\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"547\" class=\"elementor elementor-547\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78f7b33a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78f7b33a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f1ced4\" data-id=\"7f1ced4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b78a3b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b78a3b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Susan's Story<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b5078ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b5078ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After reading <em>The Diary of Anne Frank<\/em>, Susan began her first diary at age 14 and is still sustained by hidden pages of her journals.<br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Years later Susan found her way into California Poets in the Schools. She discovered that helping people play with words often led them to profound self-discovery.<br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Guided by prompts and gathered words, a teen in the juvenile hall wrote, \u201cI\u2019m a brown gangster colliding with death\/I\u2019m a rose, slamming love with hate.\u201d In just 14 words, he described his behavior and saw that underneath it all, he was a rose.<\/span><\/p><blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check out Susan\u2019s Instagram for peeks into her creative life and journals.\u00a0 You will find her <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/susan.wooldridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Susan.Wooldrige<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To help people discover the mystery of words and discover their own depths, Susan wrote <em>poemcrazy: freeing your life with words.\u00a0<\/em> Published in 1996 by <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Clarkson Potter\/Random House, <em>poemcrazy<\/em> is now in its 32nd printing, with 27 paperback reprintings <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">from Three Rivers\/Crown. Anne Lamott wrote:<\/span><\/p><blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThis is a wonderful book\u2013smart, wide-eyed, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">joyful, helpful, inspiring. You\u2019re going to love it, and love writing poetry more for having read <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>poemcrazy<\/em> was once listed # 7 on a Penguin Random House list of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">28 best books on writing. The College Board has used three or four chapters of <em>poemcrazy<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to prepare students for the SAT tests. <br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Susan\u2019s chapbook of poems, <em>Bathing with Ants<\/em>, was published in 2004 by Bear Star Press. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Poet Alison Luterman wrote:<\/span><\/p><blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u201c\u2026Her true subject is always the mysterious intersection of the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">human and what lies beyond our power to describe.\u201d <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Susan\u2019s book, <em>Foolsgold: Making <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Something from Nothing\u00a0<\/em> on creative process was published by <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Harmony\/Random House in 2007. Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. (author of <em>Kitchen Table <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Wisdom<\/em>) wrote: <\/span><\/p><blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<em>Foolsgold<\/em>? &#8230;in a word, beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful! And, of course, a book <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">that may save your life.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Both <em>poemcrazy<\/em> and <em>Foolsgold<\/em> were Quality Paperback Book selections. <br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Susan has a B.A. in anthropology from Barnard College and an inter-disciplinary masters in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">art and writing from CSU Chico\u2013where she developed a love for performance art as well as <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">collage, printmaking and ceramics. She worked for many years writing jacket and catalog copy <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">at the University of Illinois Press, and as a photojournalist for the Butte County Office of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Education. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Susan has held workshops on creative language with thousands of adults and children <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">first as a member of California Poets in the schools, independently and with Poets <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&amp; Writers. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Susan holds workshops and talks at writing festivals, retreats <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and schools. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After a one-hour workshop, a principal wrote:<\/span><\/p><blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u201c[This workshop] is the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">best thing that\u2019s happened to me at Harper High School [in Chicago] in five years.\u201d <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For over twenty years, Poets and Writers (for many years in partnership with California <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Center for the Book) sponsored Susan on a yearly rural libraries tour. Susan has presented <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">sessions in over 80 libraries in California. She recently led sessions for Poets and Writers <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">workshop leaders in both Los Angeles and San Francisco. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jamie Asaye FitzGerald, director of Poets &amp; Writers\u2019 California Office (and Readings &amp; <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Workshops, West) writes:<\/span><\/p><blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIf Mary Poppins were a poetry teacher, she would be Susan <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wooldridge, descending with a carpet bag (or rolling suitcase) of surprises\u2014ripped-out <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">dictionary pages, field guides to butterflies and insects, and word tickets\u2014to help people of all <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ages tap into words as material for making, experimentation and poetic discovery. In the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">classroom, she manages to combine tactical brilliance with inspired invention, encouraging us to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">dive into the word pool of our own making. Over twenty years of Poets &amp; Writers\u2019 co-<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">sponsorship of her readings and workshops have brought report after report singing her praises, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and I could not agree more.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Susan&#8217;s workshops <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">have been featured in <em>Poets and Writers<\/em> magazine. Her work and writing have been included in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>The Poets Market<\/em> and <em>A Guide to Literary Agents<\/em> (Writer\u2019s Digest). <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2322a9ff\" data-id=\"2322a9ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee751f3 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ee751f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"427\" 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elementor-element-3d88a503\" data-id=\"3d88a503\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-66245119 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66245119\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-495fd8b0 animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"495fd8b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;,&quot;animation_tablet&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"3cbff1a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/susanwooldridge.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rose.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-float attachment-full size-full wp-image-691\" alt=\"pool rose mom\" srcset=\"https:\/\/susanwooldridge.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rose.jpg 355w, https:\/\/susanwooldridge.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rose-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b28a3e6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b28a3e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8aa54e2\" data-id=\"8aa54e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-548a6693 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"548a6693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">[Poems] take us to an invisible world where light and dark, inside and outside meet.\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe4d7f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fe4d7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">- Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ad2fbd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ad2fbd2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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