Susan Bucci Mockler is the second writer of the Summer 2022 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program.

Simon Rodberg is the first writer of the Summer 2022 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program.

About the Book: Ashes to Justice traces the path of poet R.E.I.L through love, abuse, betrayal, and recovery toward self-love. In this debut collection the DC-area spoken word performer and poet educator explores the demons in her self and world returning to love for her family of birth, and the family she’s found. Kim B Miller described the book, “Written with a whisper and a hammer.” Cover art for the book is by Luis Del Valle. Click to purchase the book. About the Author: