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Published on: 1/1/2008
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Susan R. Williamson Named Assistant Director
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Susan R. Williamson, Assistant Director Susan R. Williamson, a native of Richmond, Virginia, holds a degree in French Language and Literature from the University of Virginia.She has corporate experience in international banking, at Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur, at Club Mediterranee's New York office, and as Director of Communications for Bénédictine's Prestiluxe subsidiary.She worked in promotion and public relations at HWH Public Relations, New York, NY.In 1992 she returned to Charlottesville and joined U.Va.'s Office of State Governmental Relations until she became Associate Publisher at Tupelo Press.Williamson is editor-in-chief of Streetlight Magazine and has served on the Board of the Charlottesville Writing Center and the Publishing Day Committee of the Virginia Festival of the Book.She joined the Palm Beach Poetry Festival as Assistant Director in April 2007.Her poems have appeared in Lucid Oona, Lumina, Lagniappe, Three Candles, Streetlight, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and StorySouth, and she was nominated for a 2006 Pushcart Prize.Williamson lives in Charlottesville, Virginia and Boca Raton, Florida.