Suzanne Rancourt

Ms. Rancourt, Abenaki/Huron descent, is a multi-modal Expressive Arts Therapist and CASAC with degrees in psychology, and creative writing. Her book, Billboard in the Clouds, Curbstone Press, (now in its 2ndprint at NU Press,) received the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas First Book Award. Her 2nd, murmurs at the gate, Unsolicited Press, released in 2019. Ms. Rancourt’s work is internationally published. Inspired by the multiracial poetess, Ai, Ms. Rancourt remarks, “poetry isn’t always pastoral fantasy, sometimes it is the skill of finding the beauty in a single moment, a single gesture, and the courage to write about that truth no matter where you are or what is happening around you. Artists have a responsibility.” She is a USMC and Army Veteran who continues to serve as a Mentor for the Saratoga County Veterans’ Peer to Peer program. Ms. Rancourt is an Aikido and Iaido practitioner. To view more of her works, please visit her website: www.expressive-arts.com