Mary Susan Gast

Mary Susan Gast (born 1945 in Benton Harbor, Michigan) is the eighth Poet laureate of Benicia, California. She is a graduate of Michigan State University and Chicago Theological Seminary. She edits a poetry column for the Benicia Herald entitled "Going the Distance."

Books

 * That We May All (Finally!) be One : Covenant, Hospitality, and the Expanding Identity of the United Church of Christ The Pilgrim Press. 2016. ISBN 9780829820317

Anthologies (Editor)

 * Yearning to Breathe Free: A Community Journal of 2020 Benicia Literary Arts. 2020. ISBN 9781735499925

Anthologies (Contributor)

 * Light and Shadow Benicia Literary Arts. 2018. ISBN 9780970373762
 * Sign of the Times Benicia Literary Arts. 2012. ISBN 9781885852564