by Susan AllisonIn a light wind, dead leaves falling from the oak look too much like a flock of birds flying south for...
Susan Allison
Susan Allison was the first Poet Laureate of Middletown, CT. She opened an old and rare bookshop, Ibis Books & Gallery, on Rapallo Avenue in Middletown’s North End. The shop was transformed in 1991 into NEAR, Inc./The Buttonwood Tree, an arts and cultural performance space originally on Rapallo but moved to Main Street which continues to be a hub of artistic and cultural activity.