Susan Rose April—poet, essayist, visual artist
As I came home through the woods with my string of fish, trailing my pole, it being now quite dark, I caught a glimpse of a woodchuck stealing across my path, and felt a strange thrill of savage delight, and was strongly tempted to seize and devour him raw; not that I was hungry then, except for that wildness which he represented. Thoreau, Walden, 1854.
This website is that woodchuck. On surface, it’s a place to learn about my writing, my art, But more: about wildness. Where is home? What string of fish do I carry? Have I shared enough? How will I be judged?
My Roots: Thoreau, Kerouac, Dickinson, Joan Didion.
NEW! So much going on.
Juried Show at The Hook Experiment, Oxford, PA. My new assemblage “Who Are You?” on exhibit Nov. 20 - Jan. 17, 2027.
New poem “Fragment of Portion of a Man,” published in Frederick Arts Council 50th Anniversary Literary Magazine, Fall 2026.
“Deadly Nightshade,” a poem I wrote 40 years ago (!) will appear in Artists from Maryland, Issue 3, forthcoming February 2027.
In August, my CNF essay about my brother Joe’s wonderful gift of seeing me when I felt unseen and gifting me a tennis racquet appeared in Sport Scribe magazine https://thesportscribe.com/thats-a-jimmy-connors/
September 1-12, I traveled to France to participate in a writing retreat with the amazing Pam Houston at a magical vineyard setting with swimming pool, sunsets, 4 course dinners, and le Pic de Midi d’Ossau—”Why so pointy?”—at le Clos Mirabel near Pau.
In July and August, two art shows in Frederick, MD.
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, Artist Residency #97 May, 2026, with Architect/Author/Visionary/Coach Charlie Hailey.
Artist Residency at Edgewood Farm, Truro Center for the Arts, on a windswept outer beach Cape Cod, March 2026.
Art in Strange Hymnal. https://strangehymnal.com/volumes/2026/issues/1?work=greetings-from-marineland
Essay in Little Fruits Magazine. https://www.littlefruitsmagazine.com/pears-honey
