Marcela Sulak

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Translator

Ramat-Gan
Israel
IL
Email: 
mmsulak@hotmail.com
Website: 
www.marcelasulak.com/

Author's Bio

Marcela Sulak grew up on a rice farm in Texas, received an MFA from the University of Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin, has lived and worked in Washington, DC, Germany, Czech Republic, and Venezuela before moving to Tel Aviv to Direct the Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing. In addition to her collections of poetry, memoir, and her edited editions, Sulak translates from Czech, Hebrew, French, German, Yiddish, and Spanish. 

Education: 
University of Notre Dame MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Books:
Mouth Full of Seeds (Black Lawrence Press, 2020)
,
Family Resemblance. An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Genres (Rose Metal Press, 2016)
Journals:
Asymptote
,
Gulf Coast
,
Iowa Review
,
Queen Mob's Teahouse
,
Split Lip Magazine

Poetry

Books:
The Fault (Black Lawrence Press, 2024)
,
City of Skypapers (Black Lawrence Press, 2021)
,
Decency (Black Lawrence Press, 2015)
,
Immigrant (Black Lawrence Press, 2010)
Chapbook:
Of All The Things That Don't Exist, I Love You Best (Finishing Line Press, 2008)
Journals:
Beltway Poetry Quarterly
,
Black Warrior Review
,
Borderlands
,
Canteen
,
Cimarron Review
,
Cincinnati Review
,
Communion
,
Diagram
,
Drunken Boat
,
Fence
,
Forklift, Ohio
,
Hinchas de Poesia
,
Indiana Review
,
Jet Fuel Review
,
The Journal
,
Kalliope
,
Laurel Review
,
The Main Street Rag
,
Main Street Rag
,
Massachusetts Review
,
New Letters
,
Nimrod
,
Nine Mile Art & Literary Magazine
,
No Tell Motel
,
Notre Dame Review
,
Poet Lore
,
Poetry Northwest
,
Prairie Schooner
,
Quarterly West
,
Rattle
,
RHINO
,
River Styx
,
San Diego Reader
,
Scoundrel Time
,
Spoon River Poetry Review
,
Tel Aviv Review
,
The Nervous Breakdown
,
Third Coast
,
Tikkun
,
Tupelo Quarterly
,
Waxwing
,
X-Connect

Translation

Books:
Daylight and Other Poems by Sharron Hass, translated from the Hebrew (University of Texas Press, 2025)
;
Twenty Girls to Envy Me. The Selected Poems of Orit Gidali by Orit Gidali, translated from the Hebrew (University of Texas Press, 2016)
;
A Bouquet of Czech Folk Tales by K. J. Erben, translated from the Czech (Twisted Spoon Press, 2011)
;
Bela-Wenda. by Mutombo Nkulu-N'Sengha, translated from the French (Host, 2011)
;
May by Karel Hynek Macha, translated from the Czech (Twisted Spoon Press, 2005)
Prizes won: 

National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship

 

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, German, Spanish
Born in: 
El Campo, TX
Texas
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Last update: Sep 17, 2024