Deborah Hauser curates and hosts a monthly reading series at Jack Jack’s Coffee House for the Babylon Village Arts Council, is the Secretary of the Suffolk County Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and a Long Island Poetry and Literature Repository Board Member. She leads a double life on Long Island where she works in the insurance industry. 

Suffolk County Poet Laureate, feminist, activist, certified ennui therapist, and fairy tale revisionist. Deborah Hauser (she/they) is the author of Ennui: From the Diagnostic and Statistical Field Guide of Feminine Disorders. Her poems and book reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in Ms. Magazine, Women’s Review of Books, Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Bellevue Literary Review, and Calyx. Her work explores the intersection of poetry and activism. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she has taught literature and writing at Stony Brook University and Suffolk County Community College. She has featured at the Northeast Modern Language Association, New York University, Newman University, KGB Bar, Walt Whitman Birthplace, and Bowery Poetry Club. She has presented her academic work at conferences including the Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference and graduate conferences at The City University of New York and Stony Brook University.

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Poetry scares politicians. Keep it up, poets, keep speaking. And shout out to the Navy for this awesome tradition 👏🏻🎤

Poetry scares politicians. Keep it up, poets, keep speaking. And shout out to the Navy for this awesome tradition 👏🏻🎤 ...

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@lindasussman.music it was a great night of poetry, music, and community. An honor to host Walking With Whitman @lkoundakjian 👏🏻❤️ 🎵

@lindasussman.music it was a great night of poetry, music, and community. An honor to host Walking With Whitman @lkoundakjian 👏🏻❤️ 🎵 ...

Rare open mic @waltwhitmanbirthplace this Friday. Don’t miss this opportunity to rock the 🎤 in this special venue.

Rare open mic @waltwhitmanbirthplace this Friday. Don’t miss this opportunity to rock the 🎤 in this special venue. ...

Honored to be interviewed by Emmy-Award winning Christine McGrath for @stonybrooku @stonybrookalum Link in bio.

Honored to be interviewed by Emmy-Award winning Christine McGrath for @stonybrooku @stonybrookalum Link in bio. ...

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