Carole Symer

Glint Carole Symer

Carole Symer is a practicing psychologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she works with adolescents and young adults, from whom she learns the exquisite effort it takes to language a life. Symer also teaches at New York University and has authored nearly a thousand neuropsychological evaluations to help neurodiverse learners fulfill their civil and human rights and discover more pleasure in daily life.

Symer's essays, articles, and poems have appeared in Across the Margin, Mutha Magazine, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Wild Roof Journal, Sky Island Journal, The Passed Note, Michigan Chronicle, and elsewhere. She is the 2020 recipient of the Anne-Marie Oomen & Katey Schultz ICCA Creative Writing Scholarship. She is the author of the chapbook, Glint (Small Harbor Publishing, 2021).