Betsy Fagin

Poet

Brooklyn, NY
New York US

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Letters to the Future: Black WOMEN/Radical WRITING (Kore Press, 2018)
,
The Sonnets: Translating and Rewriting Shakespeare (Nightboat Books, 2013)
,
Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama's First 100 days (University of Iowa Press, 2010)
,
Not for Mothers Only: Contemporary Poems on Child-Getting & Child-Rearing (Fence Books, 2007)
Books:
Fires Seen From Space (Winter Editions, 2024)
,
All Is Not Yet Lost (Belladonna Books, 2015)
Prizes won: 

Winner of the 2024 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize for self-driving
Awarded a 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Poetry

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
African American, LGBTQ, Mixed-Race
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
NJ
New Jersey
Raised in: 
Washington D.C.
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Last update: Oct 29, 2024