Martha Zweig

Martha M. Zweig (born April 2, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American poet. Her most recent book is Monkey Lightning (Tupelo Press, 2010).

Martha Zweig
Born (1942-04-02) April 2, 1942[1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
NationalityAmerican
Education
GenrePoetry
Notable worksMonkey Lightning (2010)
Notable awardsWhiting Award (1999)

Life

She was raised in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, where she attended the Quaker Moorestown Friends School. She earned her B.A. and an M.A.and a Hopwood Award from the University of Michigan; and an M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College. She lives in Hardwick, Vermont,[2] and volunteers for North Country Animal League, and for Restorative Justice.[3]

Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The Beloit Poetry Journal, Boston Review, Conduit, Field, Gettysburg Review,[4] Indiana Review,[5] The Journal, The Kenyon Review, Literary Imagination,[6] Manoa,[7] Notre Dame Review, New Orleans Review, The North American Review, Northwest Review, Paris Review,[8] The Progressive, Willow Springs.[9]

Honors and awards

Published works

Full-Length Poetry Collections

  • Monkey Lightning (Tupelo Press, 2010)
  • What Kind. Wesleyan University Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-8195-6626-3.
  • Vinegar Bone. Wesleyan University Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-8195-6359-0.

Chapbooks

  • Where the raw moonlight loafs: a collection of poems. Warren Wilson College. 1998.
  • Powers. Vermont Council on the Arts. 1976. ISBN 978-0-916718-07-7.

References
  1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJTZ-QFZN
  2. "Woman-Stirred & Woman-Stirred Radio: Martha Zweig talks with Woman-Stirred". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  3. Author Page > Tupelo Press > Martha Zweig Bio
  4. "Spring 2001 | the gettysburg review". www3.gettysburg.edu. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008.
  5. "Indiana Review". indianareview.org. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011.
  6. "Literary Imagination -- Table of Contents (Winter 2002, 4 [1])". litimag.oxfordjournals.org. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. "Project MUSE - Manoa - Two Poems". muse.jhu.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08.
  8. "The Paris Review - Spring 2008". www.theparisreview.org. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010.
  9. http://www.ewu.edu/willowsprings/archives/issue44.html

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