Rachel Yoder

Author's Bio

Rachel Yoder edits draft: the journal of process, a publication that features first and final drafts of stories, essays, and poetry along with author interviews (draftjournal.com). She earned an MFA in fiction from the University of Arizona and an MFA in creative nonfiction from The University of Iowa, where she was an Iowa Arts Fellow. More at racheljyoder.com.

Publications and Prizes

Anthologies:

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

Journals:

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

Prizes:

Missouri Review Editors' Prize in Fiction, Missouri Review Audio Contest

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell

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: April 27, 2013

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