Anne Marie Macari

Anne Marie Macari (born 1955[1]) is an American poet.

Life and career

Macari was born in Queens, New York[2]. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and holds an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Macari founded and teaches in the Drew University MFA Program for Poetry & Poetry in Translation. She has also taught on the faculty of the Prague Summer Seminars.[3] She is a member of the Alice James Books Cooperative Board.

Macari has published five books of poetry, including Heaven Beneath (Persea, 2020). Her first book, Ivory Cradle, won The APR/Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry. Macari's poems have been published in many literary journals and magazines, such as TriQuarterly, Bloomsbury Review, Shenandoah, The American Poetry Review, Five Points (as winner of the James Dickey Prize for Poetry), The Cortland Review, and The Iowa Review. Her work has also appeared in anthologies, including From the Fishhouse (Persea Books, 2009) and Never Before: Poems About First Experiences (Four Way Books).

Macari has read her poetry throughout the United States in many venues, including the Dodge Poetry Festival. She has also read her work at festivals in England, Austria, and in Prague. She currently lives in New York City and Miami Beach, FL, with her partner, poet Gerald Stern.[4]

Published works

Heaven Beneath (Persea) 2020

    Red Deer (Persea) 2015

      She Heads into the Wilderness (Autumn House Press, 2008)

        Gloryland (Alice James Books), 2005

          Ivory Cradle (Copper Canyon Press, 2000)

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          References
          1. Anne Marie Macari Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, writerscenter.org, access date December 1, 2013
          2. [http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/21935 WNYC News - Yankees Land in World Series: It's Pure Poetry |date=2011-06-28 }}, American Academy of Poets. Accessed February 25, 2011.
          3. The Poetry Center at Smith College
          4. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation > Fellows > Gerald Stern Bio Archived June 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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