Patricia Davis-Muffett

Poet

Rockville, MD
Maryland US
Website: 
www.patriciadavismuffett.com
Twitter/X: 
@triciadm

Author's Bio

Patricia Davis-Muffett (she/her) is author of the chapbook, Alchemy of Yeast and Tears. Her work has won honors including the 2024 Erskine J Poetry Prize from Smartish Pace, Best of the Net and Pushcart nominations, and appears or is forthcoming in Best American Poetry, Best New Poets and other publications. She lives in Rockville, Maryland.

Education: 
University of Minnesota MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Best New Poets 2023 (University of Virginia Press, 2023)
,
Haunted (Porkbelly Press, 2022)
,
di-verse-city (Austin International Poetry Festival, 2004)
Chapbook:
Alchemy of Yeast and Tears (Kelsay Books, 2023)
Journals:
Amethyst
,
Atlanta Review
,
Beltway Poetry Quarterly
,
Blue Nib
,
Book of Matches
,
Coal City Review
,
CP Quarterly
,
Gypsy Cab
,
Gyroscope Review
,
Halfway Down the Stairs
,
Illya's Honey
,
Limestone
,
Loch Raven Review
,
Neologism Poetry Journal
,
Pretty Owl Poetry
,
Quartet
,
Raven Review
,
South Shore Review
,
The Bookends Review
,
The Comstock Review
,
The Orchards Poetry Journal
,
Tiger Moth Review
,
Tipton Poetry Journal
Prizes won: 

"Climate Anxiety" was included in Best American Poetry 2025

"Climate Anxiety" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize

"Climate Anxiety" won the 2024 Erskine J. Poetry Prize from Smartish Pace

"On Looking Away" was included in Best New Poets 2023

"The Ocean Explains Herself" was nominated for Best of the Net 2022

"Motherless Gautur considers the Taj Mahal," Second Place, Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Competition, 2022

"The Province of Mothers" won First National Honorable Mention, Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Competition, 2021

"On Looking Away" won an Honorable Mention in Comstock Review's 2021 Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Contest

Finalist, Jessie Bryce Niles chapbook competition (Comstock Review), 2021

"Wild Child," Finalist, Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize, 2020

 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Sharon Olds, Linda Pastan, Toni Morrison, Billy Collins, Adrienne Rich, Denise Levertov

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Born in: 
NJ
New Jersey
Raised in: 
NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: Sep 01, 2025