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Marcela Sulak

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Translator

Ramat-Gan

Israel

IL

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.marcelasulak.com/

Author's Bio

Marcela Sulak grew up on a rice farm in Texas, received an MFA from the University of Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin, has lived and worked in Washington, DC, Germany, Czech Republic, and Venezuela before moving to Tel Aviv to Direct the Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing. In addition to her collections of poetry, memoir, and her edited editions, Sulak translates from Czech, Hebrew, French, German, Yiddish, and Spanish.

Education:

University of Notre Dame MFA

Writers Retreats:

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Books:

Mouth Full of Seeds (Black Lawrence Press, 2020)

,

Family Resemblance. An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Genres (Rose Metal Press, 2016)

Journals:

,

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Poetry International

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Queen Mob's Teahouse

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Split Lip Magazine

Poetry

Books:

The Fault (Black Lawrence Press, 2024)

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City of Skypapers (Black Lawrence Press, 2021)

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Decency (Black Lawrence Press, 2015)

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Immigrant (Black Lawrence Press, 2010)

Chapbook:

Of All The Things That Don't Exist, I Love You Best (Finishing Line Press, 2008)

Journals:

Beltway Poetry Quarterly

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Black Warrior Review

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Canteen

,

Cimarron Review

,

Cincinnati Review

,

Communion

,

,

Drunken Boat

,

Fence

,

Forklift, Ohio

,

Hinchas de Poesia

,

,

Jet Fuel Review

,

,

Kalliope

,

,

Main Street Rag

,

The Main Street Rag

,

Massachusetts Review

,

,

,

Nine Mile Art & Literary Magazine

,

No Tell Motel

,

Notre Dame Review

,

,

Poetry Northwest

,

Prairie Schooner

,

,

,

,

,

San Diego Reader

,

Scoundrel Time

,

Spoon River Poetry Review

,

Tel Aviv Review

,

The Nervous Breakdown

,

,

,

Tupelo Quarterly

,

,

X-Connect

Translation

Books:

I and Not an Angel. Selected Poems by Eli Eliahu, translated from the Hebrew (Dos Madres Press, 2026)

;

Music of the Wide Lane by Sharron Hass, translated from the Hebrew (University of Texas Press, 2026)

;

Daylight and Other Poems by Sharron Hass, translated from the Hebrew (University of Texas Press, 2025)

;

Twenty Girls to Envy Me. The Selected Poems of Orit Gidali by Orit Gidali, translated from the Hebrew (University of Texas Press, 2016)

;

A Bouquet of Czech Folk Tales by K. J. Erben, translated from the Czech (Twisted Spoon Press, 2011)

;

Bela-Wenda. by Mutombo Nkulu-N'Sengha, translated from the French (Host, 2011)

;

May by Karel Hynek Macha, translated from the Czech (Twisted Spoon Press, 2005)

Prizes won:

National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship

Watch

A Night with Author David Grossman in Conversation with Prof. Marcela Sulak,

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English, German, Spanish

Born in:

El Campo, TX

Texas

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Last update: May 14, 2026