Martha Zweig

Martha Macneal Zweig is an American poet.

Life
Born in Philadelphia, Zweig was raised in Moorestown, 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 with a MFA.

Her most recent book is Monkey Lightning (Tupelo Press, 2010). Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The Beloit Poetry Journal, Boston Review, Conduit, Field, Gettysburg Review, Indiana Review, The Journal, The Kenyon Review, Literary Imagination, Manoa, Notre Dame Review, New Orleans Review, The North American Review, Northwest Review, Paris Review, The Progressive, Willow Springs.

She lived in Hardwick, Vermont, and volunteers for North Country Animal League, and for Restorative Justice.

Recognition

 * Writer's Award from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation for Vinegar Bone
 * 1999 Whiting Writer's Award

Poetry

 * Monkey Lightning. North Adams, MA: Tupelo Press, 2010.
 * Monkey Lightning. North Adams, MA: Tupelo Press, 2010.
 * Monkey Lightning. North Adams, MA: Tupelo Press, 2010.
 * Monkey Lightning. North Adams, MA: Tupelo Press, 2010.
 * Monkey Lightning. North Adams, MA: Tupelo Press, 2010.