Deborah Hauser is the Poet Laureate of Suffolk County (2023-2025) and author of Ennui: From the Diagnostic and Statistical Field Guide of Feminine Disorders (Finishing Line Press). Her poems and book reviews have been published in Ms. Magazine, Women’s Review of Books, Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Bellevue Literary Review, and Calyx. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her work explores the intersection of poetry and activism. She has taught literature and writing at Stony Brook University and Suffolk County Community College. She leads a double life on Long Island where she works in the insurance industry.