Rachel Wetzsteon (1967-2009). Courtesy the New Republic.
Rachel Todd Wetzsteon (November 25, 1967 - December 24/25?, 2009) was an American poet.[1]
Life[]
Wetzsteon was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of editor Ross Wetzsteon (pronounced "whetstone").[2]
She graduated in 1989 from Yale University, where she studied with Marie Borroff and John Hollander. She later graduated from Johns Hopkins University with an M.A., and from Columbia University with a Ph.D.
She taught initially at Barnard College, and later at William Paterson University,[3] and at the Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y.
Her work appeared in many publications including The New Yorker, The Paris Review The New Republic, The Nation,[4] and the Village Voice.[5] In the fall of 2009 she became poetry editor of The New Republic.[4]
On December 28, 2009, Wetzsteon was found dead in her home in Manhattan, New York City, where she had apparently taken her own life on Christmas Eve or Day.[4]
Recognition[]
A prize has been established in her memory in the Columbia University English department.[6]
Awards[]
- 2001 Witter Bynner Poetry Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Ingram Merrill grant.
- 1993 National Poetry Series, for Other Stars
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Other Stars. New York: Penguin, 1994.
- Home and Away: Poems. New York: Penguin, 1998.
- Sakura Park: Poems. New York: Persea, 2006.
- Silver Roses: Poems. New York: Persea, 2010.
Non-fiction[]
- Influential Ghosts: A study of Auden's sources. New York: Routledge, 2006; New York & London: Routledge, 2007.
Edited[]
- Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003.
- Virginia Woolf, Night and Day. New York: Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005.
Anthologized[]
- "Commands for the End of Summer," "Blue Octavo Haiku," "And This Time I Mean It" in Bright pages: Yale writers, 1701-2001.[7]
5 Poems by Rachel Wetzsteon
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[8]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2000/10_2000/node/9931
- ↑ Margalit Fox (December 31, 2009). "Rachel Wetzsteon, Poet of Keen Insights and Wit, Dies at 42". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/books/01wetzsteon.html.
- ↑ http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/faculty/parrasj/EngDeptWebpageEUPHRATES/Faculty.htm
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Margalit Fox, "Rachel Wetzsteon, poet mixed melancholy, wit," New York Times, January 2, 2010, Boston.com. Web, Feb. 12, 2019.
- ↑ http://www.villagevoice.com/authors/rachel-wetzsteon
- ↑ "DEPARTMENTAL & RELATED EVENTS", Columbia University
- ↑ Search results = Rachel Wetzsteon, Bright pages: Yale writers 1701-2001 (edited by | editor=J.D. McClatchy. New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2001. Google Books, Web, Apr. 19, 2015.
- ↑ Search results = au: Rachel Wetzsteon, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Apr. 19, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "In Memory and Admiration of Rachel Wetzsteon at The New Republic (profile & 2 poems)
- "At the Zen Mountain Monastery", Very Like a Whale, September 7, 2006
- "Manhattan Triptych," "Sakura Park," at Poetry Daily
- "Gold Leaves," "Five-Finger Exercise,' CORTLAND REVIEW 32, (June 2006)
- Rachel Wetzsteon profile & 3 poems at the Academy of American Poets
- Rachel Wetzsteon 1967-2009 at the Poetry Foundation
- Prose
- "Some Reflections on Eliot's "Reflections on Vers Libre": on Verse and Free Verse". poets.org. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5901.
- "Rachel Wetzsteon on Auden", NEWSLETTER 21, The W.H. Auden Society, February 2001.
- "Marvellous Sapphics" at the Poetry Society of America: "Crossroads", Fall 1999
- Audio / video
- Books
- Rachel Wetzsteon at Amazon.com
- About
- "Remembering Rachel Wetzsteon", The Best American Poetry, January 8, 2010
- "Rachel Wetzsteon, poet mixed melancholy, wit" obituary
- "RIP Rachel Wetzsteon", Avoiding the Muse
- "RIP Rachel Wetzsteon (1967-2009)", Pugnacious Pinoy
- "E-Verse is deeply saddened by the death of the poet Rachel Wetzsteon", E-Verse Radio
- "Rachel Wetzsteon dead", Eratosphere
- "A Sad Goobye to Rachel Wetzsteon", The Drabbler, January 28, 2010
- Rachel Wetzsteon 1967 - 2009 This "cyber-tombeau" at Silliman's Blog by poet Ron Silliman includes comments, tributes, and links
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