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Mary Susan Gast
Born (1945-10-27) October 27, 1945 (age 79)
Benton Harbor, Michigan
OccupationPoet laureate of Benicia, California
Alma materChicago Theological Seminary
SpouseRoger Dean Straw
Website
marysusangast.com

Mary Susan Gast (born 1945 in Benton Harbor, Michigan) is the eighth Poet laureate of Benicia, California. She is a graduate of Michigan State University and Chicago Theological Seminary. She edits a poetry column for the Benicia Herald entitled "Going the Distance."

Works

Books

  • That We May All (Finally!) be One : Covenant, Hospitality, and the Expanding Identity of the United Church of Christ The Pilgrim Press. 2016. ISBN 9780829820317

Anthologies (Editor)

  • Yearning to Breathe Free: A Community Journal of 2020 Benicia Literary Arts. 2020. ISBN 9781735499925

Anthologies (Contributor)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Benicia Public Library announces 2020-2022 Poet Laureate". Benicia Herald. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. Friedman, Richard (21 January 2021). "Benicia school seizes poet laureate's wisdom". Vallejo Times-Herald. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. McCourt, Sean (13 April 2022). "Poetry in Motion". The Vacaville Reporter. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  4. "The Week Ahead: Talk with Solano poets goes virtual". Fairfield Daily Republic. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  5. Maginnis-Honey, Amy (18 April 2021). "Solano poets to share words of hope, encouragement at virtual How Poetry Heals event". Fairfield Daily Republic. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  6. Freedman, Richard (8 April 2021). "Always Something to Celebrate". Vallejo Times Herald. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. Antonne, Suzanne (10 April 2022). "AAUW sponsors public zoom reading Living on Earth". patch.com. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
Poets Laureate of Benicia, California


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