Director of Programs for Writers

Pronouns: she/her

Susan Moore is the director of programs for writers. She directs the Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, oversees the writing classes and Delve seminars, and works with Program for Writers Associate Manager Alexa Winik to curate free literary events with community partners in our community space. Prior to working at Literary Arts, she was awarded an Oregon Literary Fellowship in poetry in 2002. She is the author of That Place Where You Opened Your Hands (University of Massachusetts Press), the winner of the Juniper Prize in poetry. She earned her Masters in Writing from Portalnd State University. She has lived in Portland since 1988 and highly recommends Stray City by Chelsey Johnson, a novel about Portland in the 90’s.