Rachel Zucker

Rachel Zucker is an American poet.

Life
Zucker was born in New York City in 1971. She is a graduate of Yale University, where she received a B.A. in Psychology. Zucker later attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she received an M.F.A. in poetry. Currently, she lives in New York City with her husband and three sons.

She is the author of four collections of poetry. She also co-edited the book Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections with fellow poet, Arielle Greenberg.

Recognition
Her honors include having a poem included in the 2009 Best American Poetry edition, and winning the Salt Hill Poetry Award (1999, judged by C.D. Wright) and the Barrow Street Poetry Prize (2000). In 2002 she won the Center for Book Arts Award (judged by Lynn Emanuel) for her long poem, "Annunciation".

Poetry

 * Museum of Accidents. Seattle, WA: Wave Books, 2009.
 * The Bad Wife Handbook. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2007.
 * The Last Clear Narrative. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2004.
 * Eating in the Underworld. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2003.

Non-fiction

 * Home/Birth: A Poemic (with [[Arielle Greenberg). 2011.

Edited

 * Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections (with Arielle Greenberg). 2008
 * Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama’s First 100 Days (with Arielle Greenberg). 2010.