Rebecca Hart Olander

Poet

Northampton, MA
Massachusetts US
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Author's Bio

Rebecca Hart Olander’s poetry has appeared recently in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Jet Fuel Review, The Massachusetts Review, On the Seawall, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and elsewhere, and her collaborative visual and written work has been published in multiple venues online and in They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing (Black Lawrence Press, 2018). Her books include Dressing the Wounds (Dancing Girl Press, 2019) and Uncertain Acrobats (2021). Rebecca has taught at Amherst and Smith colleges and Westfield State University and works with poets in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. She is the editor/director of Perugia Press.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
WAVES: A Confluence of Women's Voices (A Room of Her Own Foundation, 2023)
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Wayfinding: Poetry Celebrating America's Parks and Public Lands (Finishing Line Press, 2021)
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For Love of Orcas (Wandering Aengus Press, 2019)
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The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics (Terrapin Books, 2018)
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They Said: A Multi-genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing (Black Lawrence Press, 2018)
Book:
Uncertain Acrobats (CavanKerry Press, 2021)
Chapbook:
Dressing the Wounds (Dancing Girl Press, 2019)
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Brilliant Corners
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Hedge Apple
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Los Angeles Press
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Molecule
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Nightjar Review
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On the Seawall
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Petrichor
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Plath Poetry Project
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Rabbit
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Silkworm
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The Indianapolis Review
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Tinderbox Poetry Journal
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Tiny Spoon
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Prizes won: 

Massachusetts Book Award, "Must Read" selection for Uncertain Acrobats; Eric Hoffer Book Award, category finalist for Uncertain Acrobats; Women's National Book Association Poetry Award, winner; Mass Poetry Ekphrastic Gallery Contest, winner

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New Haven, CT
Connecticut
Raised in: 
Gloucester, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Jan 08, 2024