Rebecca Evans

Poet

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Idaho US
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Author's Bio

Rebecca Evans is a Pushcart Prize-nominated essayist and poet who writes the difficult, the heart-full, the guidebooks for survivors. Her debut memoir in verse, Tangled by Blood, bridges motherhood and betrayal, untangling wounds and restorying what it means to be a mother. She teaches high school teens in the Juvie system through journaling and visual art. Rebecca is also a disabled veteran, weaving disability, military experience and Jewish heritage throughout her work. She co-hosts Radio Boise’s Writer to Writer show.

She's earned two MFAs, one in creative nonfiction, the other in poetry, University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe.

She’s co-edited an anthology of poems, When There Are Nine, a tribute to the life and achievements of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Moon Tide Press, 2022). Along with her full-length poetry collection, Tangled by Blood (Moon Tide Press. 2023), she’s authored a collection-length poem, Safe Handling, (Moon Tide Press, 2024) and a flash essay collection, AfterBurn (Moon Tide Press, forthcoming, 2026).

Publications & Prizes

Books:
AfterBurn (Moon Tide Press, 2026)
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SAFE HANDLING (Moon Tide Press, 2024)
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Tangled by Blood - A memoir in verse (Moon Tide Press, 2023)

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance by Joan Baez, All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva, A Cage Went in Search of a Bird, Ten Kafkaesque Stories by (numerous authors), The Creative Ambush by Matteo di Pascale

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any, At Risk Youth, Disability, Veterans, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Chicago, IL
Illinois
Raised in: 
Wheatfield, IN
Indiana
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Last update: Nov 25, 2025