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Rebecca Hart Olander [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Northampton, MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
rebeccahartolander@gmail.com
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, Westfield State University, and Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshops, and she works with poets in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. She is the editor/director of Perugia Press.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Twitter/X: 
@rholanderpoet
Born in: 
New Haven, CT
Connecticut
Raised in: 
Gloucester, MA
Massachusetts
Website: 
https://rebeccahartolander.com [2]
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

Education: 
Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing

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