Rachel Yoder

Author's Bio

Rachel Yoder edits draft: the journal of process, a publication which features stories, first drafts, and interviews with the author (draftjournal.com ). She holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Arizona and an MFA in nonfiction writing from The University of Iowa, where she was an Iowa Arts Fellow. She currently lives in Iowa City and teaches creative writing in the community. For more info, please visit her website, www.racheljyoder.com.

Publications and Prizes

Anthologies:

Best of the Web 2010 (Dzanc Books, 2010), Best of the Web 2010 (Dzanc Books, 2010), Rumpus Women, Vol. 1 (The Rumpus Paper Internets, 2010), The Rumpus Women: Personal Essays by Women (Vol. 1) (The Rumpus Paper Internets, 2010)

Journals:

Action Yes, Artifice, Barrelhouse, Cimarron Review, Everyday Genius, flashquake, Fugue, Hobart, Juked, Kenyon Review, Missouri Review, Necessary Fiction, Nerve, New York Times, Opium Magazine, Pank, Quick Fiction, Rhubarb Magazine, Sun Magazine, Superstition Review, The Collagist, Wag's Revue, Wigleaf, Wilderness House Literary Review, Word Riot

Prizes:

Missouri Review Audio Contest Winner, Iowa Arts Fellow

Rachel Yoder Resume

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

Lying by Lauren Slater

Favorite Books:

Jesus' Son (Johnson), For The Time Being (Dillard), Play It As It Lays (Didion), Disgrace (Coetzee), Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name (Vida), Another Bullshit Night In Suck City (Flynn), The Most Of It (Ruefle), Big World (Miller), The Lover (Duras), The Garden of Eden (Hemingway)

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Listing last updated: May 1, 2012

More Information

Listed as:

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Caucasian

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

North Canton, OH

Raised in:

Coshocton, OH

Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews