Samantha Weisberg received her BFA at Roger Williams University in Creative Writing in 2003. After graduating from RWU, she attended Brown University’s Special Studies program. In 2005, she was accepted into the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s MFA program, where she earned her Post-Baccalaureate certificate in 2005. She continued to study at SAIC and graduated with her MFA in 2007.

After graduating, Samantha began teaching. Her subjects taught were Creative Writing, English Composition, Developmental Writing, and Mythology and Symbolism. Today she works as a Professor of Liberal Arts in Salem, Massachusetts. She enjoys writing poetry, reading tarot cards, working on her novel, and reading.

Modern Magic Academy: Witch-Owned Education Center in Salem, Massachusetts

Link: www.modernmagicsalem.com

Dr. Whitney Kosters: Lectures on Literature, Writing, Research, and Critical Thinking

Link: https://youtu.be/eZZBP6hB_mM?si=ebOopznMflhXvB2v

“Nina Simone and a Bottle of Merlot” Published in Vent Magazine, 2003. Poetry.

“Taken”  Essay Published in “Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks” 2020, C, Stallings. Personal Essay/Memoir. <https://www.bluerosemag.com/?product=lauras-ghost>.

“Secret Secretion” & “Caravaggio’s St. John the Baptist”  Published in Dead River Review, May 2023. Issue 8. Poetry. <https://deadriverreview.com/caravaggios-st-john-the-baptist/>.

“Drawing Down the New Moon” Published in Tor Stone, August 2024. Poetry. <https://torstone.org/poetry/drawing-down-the-new-moon>.

“Poetry of the Mages: Sylvia Plath and the Fool’s Journey”. Only Poems. February 25th, 2025. <https://www.onlypoems.net/essays/samantha-weisberg-sylvia-plath-and-the-tarot>.