Susan Banyas, writer and choreographer who now lives in Astoria, is the author of "The Hillsboro Story, a Kaleidoscope History of an Integration Battle in My Hometown" and "No Strangers Here Today," about her Quaker kin’s participation in the Underground Railroad. She can often be heard doing spoken word at Ric’s Open Mic in Astoria. Essays and current works at www.susanbanyas.com