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Martha Zweig

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Martha Zweig
Born (1942-04-02) April 2, 1942 (age 82)[1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
NationalityAmerican
Education
GenrePoetry
Notable worksMonkey Lightning (2010)
Notable awardsWhiting Award (1999)

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

Life

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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

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Published works

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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

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  1. ^ "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  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". Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ Zweig, Martha (Spring 2001). "Migraine". The Gettysburg Review: 80.[non-primary source needed]
  5. ^ "Indiana Review". indianareview.org. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011.
  6. ^ Zweig, M. (Winter 2002). "January Domestic". Literary Imagination. 4 (1): 127. doi:10.1093/litimag/4.1.127.[non-primary source needed]
  7. ^ Zweig, Martha (2001). "Two Poems". Manoa. 13 (2): 33–34. doi:10.1353/man.2001.0072. S2CID 201783918. Project MUSE 20627.[non-primary source needed]
  8. ^ "The Paris Review - Spring 2008". www.theparisreview.org. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010.
  9. ^ Willow Springs ewu.edu [dead link]
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