Samari Zysk

Poet

WA
Washington US

Author's Bio

Samari Zysk, M.F.A., (they/them/theirs) is a queer Jewish poet, musician, visual artist, and author of it answers to my name and monster parts, both autobiographical collections of poetry. You can find their other writing in The Hyacinth Review, The Aurora Journal, Giallo Lit, and Ghost City Review, among others. They have also been published in anthologies, such as flux from Fifth Wheel Press, and The Bonemilk Collective Volume II from Gutlslut Press. Samari is endlessly curious, at times hopeful, and filled with love for the written word.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
it answers to my name (new words {press}, 2026)
,
monster parts (Alien Buddha Press, 2022)
Prizes won: 

Best of the Net, Warning Lines Magazine - Nomination

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Edmond Jabes, Emily Jungmin Yoon, Kaveh Akbar, Ocean Vuong, Bhanu Kapil, Rosmarie Waldrop, and Keith Waldrop.
What I'm reading now: 
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin, Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqwéseblu LaPointe, Women in Public by Elaine Kahn

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Fluent in: 
English
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Last update: Aug 03, 2026