hedgephoto.jpgI am a hapa sansei adoptee living in the San Francisco Bay Area with my spouse, my nisei mother, my two daughters and two dogs. I teach, write and run a family camp for adoptive families with children of color, through an organization called Pact. I co-edited the anthology A Ghost At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption (North Atlantic Books) and am currently the fiction co-editor at Literary Mama. I also write a monthly column there called “Life in the Sandwich.”

You may contact me at susan@susanito.com.

11 Responses to “About”

  1. kim.kim Says:

    Your blog is cool. I am adding it to my links.

  2. uptownflavor Says:

    I miss the bay area :-)

  3. Margaret Tong Says:

    Hello Susan:

    I have been thinking about you. I was a student in your UC extension writing workshop in the Spring of 2000.

    A piece I wrote for the class, which I called,”Scottish Hospitality,” is to be published, in Scotland, in the publication of the Scottish Language Society. The publication is called “Lallans.”

    I rewrote the story completely in my own dialect.

    A google search brought me to you and your blog. I enjoy reading it!

    We had our kitchen remodelled this summer and I wrote a blog, with pictures, to share with family and friends. I’ve made a link in the “Website” box.

    I’m excited to tell you that my birthmother is planning to visit me in March for a few days. She and my half-sister are to visit family in New Zealand and they will make a side trip to see me on their way home!

    Best wishes,

    Margaret

  4. elizaamos Says:

    Hi Susan–
    I got your comment on my blog last week, and finally today took the time to trace a few links and figure out who you are! It’s flattering to know that in these fledgling stages of the blog, people I don’t know are already reading it. At any rate, what I found interesting is that you teach a class I almost signed up for–the MFA redux at UC Extension. I also went through a phase of reading Literary Mama pretty regularly, even though I don’t have kids. (Is that weird?) So…small world. Anyway, I just wanted to give a shout out and thank you for your comment. I may check back to do some adoption research of my own….

    Meanwhile, got another rejection letter today. And I’m not celebrating–it was from Chronicle. For some reason I thought they’d take the story. HA! Oh well.

    Cheers,
    Eliza Amos

  5. Susan Alcorn Says:

    Hello Susan,
    I just discovered your blog when I was looking under Shepherd Canyon Books tonight–which is the name of my publishing company. It appears that we are neighbors in Montclair. Check out our website at http://www.backpack45.com, you’ll find out that we also share interests in hiking and writing.
    Let’s chat some time. Do you still do the readings in your home?
    Susan Alcorn

  6. mkeckler Says:

    What a wonderful blog. I just discovered it and look forward to reading more.

    Thank you for providing thought-provoking topics.

    Maria

  7. Joyce Says:

    I’m so glad that you posted a message to the Hedgebrook in California Group. I stayed in Cedar in Fall 2003. Sigh. Thank you for this blog. I just began reading it tonight and know that I will continue to do so. Perhaps I’ll be inspired to be post to my own blogs a little more consistently. That is, between writing and revising poems and working on my fiction. Oh yeah, and eating and sleeping and working.

  8. Melanie Jennings Says:

    Hey, Susan!
    Your blog is super. I just put up my own site and have linked to you. Keep up the great work!
    Melanie

  9. laterain Says:

    I am sorting my RSS feeds into folders, and can’t decide whether to put you into my “adoption” folder or my “anti-racism” folder.

    but good for you for being both!

    (and I am soooooooo not one to talk about unfocused blogging, as my own blog covers a dozen different topics . . . )

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  11. Dani Says:

    Can I entice you over to my Blog Book Tours Yahoo! group as a potential blog book tour host? You have such a nice blog, and would be a good model blogger for other authors. There’s a link at my host blog:

    http://blogbooktours.blogspot.com

    Dani

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