Debra Weinstein
Debra Weinstein (born 1961) is a poet and the author of the novel Apprentice to the Flower Poet Z. (Random House, 2004).[1] Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, The National Review, Tikkun, and The Portable Lower East Side. Weinstein earned a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Creative Writing from State University of New York Binghamton and a Master of Arts in English from New York University.
Debra Weinstein | |
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Born | 1961 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | poet and author |
Recognition
Weinstein received New York University's Bobst Literary Award for Emerging Writers upon publication of her volume of poetry, Rodent Angel (NYU Press, 1996). She is also a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship for poetry and a New York State Foundation for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship for Fiction. She has been in residence at both the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo.
Personal life
She has two children, a daughter and a son, and lives in New York.
References
- Zeidner, Lisa (2004-02-08). "Live Poets' Society". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-16.