Ira Sadoff

Poet, Fiction Writer

Stone Ridge, NY
New York US
Email: 
isadoff@colby.edu
Website: 
irasadoff.wordpress.com/

Author's Bio

I've taught in the Drew MFA Program and at Colby College; have also  taught at Iowa writer's workshop, U. Virginia, Warren Wilson MFA Program, and Antioch College, where I served as poetry editor for ANTIOCH REVIEW; I co-founded THE SENECA REVIEW. Have been anthologized in Harper American Literature, The Bedford/St. Martins Reader, THE BODY ELECTRIC. More information can be found on my website: http://irasadoff.wordpress.com/

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Journals:
American Poetry Review
,
Antaeus
,
Paris Review
,
The New Yorker

Poetry

Books:
Country, Living (Alice James Books, 2020)
,
TRUE FAITH (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2012)
,
HISTORY MATTERS (University of Iowa Press, 2009)
,
Barter (University of Illinois Press, 2003)
,
Grazing (University of Illinois Press, 1998)
,
An Ira Sadoff Reader (University of New England Press, 1992)
Prizes won: 

John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Jerome Shestack Prize, American Poetry Review;creative arts fellowship NEA, George Bogin Memorial Prize, Lyric Poetry Prize, PSA;Best Poems of 2008, ed. Creeley;O.Henry Prize, Best Short Stories collections, Pushcart Prize,

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Raised in: 
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Last update: May 09, 2019