Claudia M. Reder

Poet

Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania US

Author's Bio

Claudia Reder's newest book of poems, Dizzying Words, is available from Main Street Rag Press.  Reder is the author of How to Disappear, a poetic memoir, (Blue Light Press). Uncertain Earth (Finishing Line Press), and My Father & Miro (winner of the Bright Hill Press Award).  How to Disappear was awarded first prize in the Pinnacle and Feathered Quill awards.  She was awarded the Charlotte Newberger Poetry Prize from Lilith Magazine, and two literary fellowships from the Pennsylvania Arts Council. She attended Millay Colony, NAPA Writer’s Conference and The Valley. Her poetry ms. Appointment with Worry was a finalist for the Inlandia Institute Hillary Gravendyk Prize. Her poetry ms. This Book is for Lettie was a finalist for the Changing Light Prize from Livingston Press.  A finalist for the Discovery Award, she was previously a storyteller and poet in the schools in DE, NJ, and PA.  She taught at California State University at Channel Islands in the English Dept. and is now retired from teaching. Recently she left the west coast for gray Pittsburgh skies. She hopes to make it through winter in Pittsburgh.

 

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Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
he Meaning of Things." The Heart of All that Is: Reflections on Home (Holy Cow! Press, 2013)
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The Heart of All That Is: Reflections on Home (Holy Cow! Press, 2013)
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The Art of Bicycling: A Treasury of Poems (Breakaway Books, 2005)
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Chester H. Jones (Chester H. Jones Foundation, 1985)
Books:
How to Disappear (Blue Light Press, 2019)
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My Father and Miro and other Poems (Bright Hill Press, 2001)
Chapbook:
Uncertain Earth (Finishing Line Press, 2012)
Journals: , , , ,
Dirty Napkin
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Feminist Studies
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International Quarterly
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Jewish Women's Literary Annual
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Kalliope
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Kansas Quarterly
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Lilith
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Quarry West
Prizes won: 

2001 Bright Hill Press Award My Father & Miro and Other Poems

2009 Winner, Charlotte Newberger Poetry Contest from Lilith Magazine

Two fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Theodore Roethke Alicia Ostriker Tony Hoagland Jane Hirshfield Sharon Olds Elizabeth Alexander Joy Ladin and many more

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Urbana, IL
Illinois
Raised in: 
NYC, Pittsburgh, PA, NY
New York
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Last update: Aug 02, 2025