Rachel Zucker
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Rachel Zucker is an American poet born in New York City in 1971. She is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently, Museum of Accidents (Wave Books
2009). She also co-edited the book Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections with fellow poet, Arielle Greenberg
. Her honors include having a poem included in the 2009 Best American Poetry edition, and winning the Salt Hill Poetry Award (1999, judged by C.D. Wright) and the Barrow Street Poetry Prize (2000). In 2002 she won the Center for Book Arts Award (judged by Lynn Emanuel
) for her long poem, "Annunciation". She is a graduate of Yale University
, where she received her B.A. in Psychology. Zucker later went on to the Iowa Writers' Workshop
where she received her M.F.A. in poetry. Currently, she lives in New York City with her husband and three sons.
Wave Books
Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2005, joining forces with Western Massachusetts-based poetry publisher Verse Press , and has published over fifty books, including works by Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Matthew Rohrer, Eileen Myles, Tyehimba...
2009). She also co-edited the book Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections with fellow poet, Arielle Greenberg
Arielle Greenberg
Arielle Greenberg is a Feminist Poet and the poetry editor of Black Clock. She is most renowned for naming and describing the concept of the Gurlesque in the anthology Gurlesque: the new grrly, grotesque, burlesque poetics which she co-edited with Lara Glenum.-Biography:Greenberg was an assistant...
. Her honors include having a poem included in the 2009 Best American Poetry edition, and winning the Salt Hill Poetry Award (1999, judged by C.D. Wright) and the Barrow Street Poetry Prize (2000). In 2002 she won the Center for Book Arts Award (judged by Lynn Emanuel
Lynn Emanuel
Lynn Collins Emanuel is an American poet. Some of her poetry collections include Then, Suddenly— and Noose and Hook ....
) for her long poem, "Annunciation". She is a graduate of Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, where she received her B.A. in Psychology. Zucker later went on to the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
where she received her M.F.A. in poetry. Currently, she lives in New York City with her husband and three sons.
Collections
- Museum of Accidents (Wave Books, 2009)
- The Bad Wife Handbook (Wesleyan University PressWesleyan University PressWesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The Press is currently directed by Suzanna Tamminen, a published poet and essayist...
, 2007) - The Last Clear Narrative (Wesleyan University Press, 2004)
- Eating in the Underworld (Wesleyan University Press, 2003)