Susan Azar Porterfield is the author of the poetry collection Kibbe.
Recently two of her poems were accepted for publication in the prestigious Barrow Street literary journal.
A Professor Emerita of English at Rockford University, she also edited Zen, Poetry, the Art of Lucien Stryk collecting works of the former Northern Illinois University faculty member, Fulbright lecturer, poet and translator.
A native of Chicago, Porterfield now lives in DeKalb.