Margo Berdeshevsky

Poet, Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

http://margoberdeshevsky.com    Newest book: "Kneel Said The Night" (https://tinyurl.com/49dmn8et) (https://tinyurl.com/4e8and3p) / + Kindly see this vimeo reading: vimeo #2 reading of “No Modifier At All” from "Before The Drought”  https://vimeo.com/221872715    Also my reading as finalist for 2022 Big Other Book award for Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqz-_L7wxbM   Also my Homage to W.S. Merwin: in Poetry International: A Letter from Paris in March 2019  https://poetryinternationalonline.com/le...  Sundress reading series may 2022: https://youtu.be/tFjH1ExJlqs  begins at 3:23  4:34/ And please see this Interview:   https://sundressblog.com/2022/12/05/inte...  and this one: http://pionline.wordpress.com/2014/01/21...            For more info: kindly see this: http://margoberdeshevsky.blogspot.com/         

I would ask that my work say the rest for me. I am looking, and asking ... for all the other words. Peace. Margo

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
KNEEL SAID THE NIGHT (Sundress Publications, 2022)
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BEAUTIFUL SOON ENOUGH (University of Alabama Press, 2009)
Journals:
AGNI
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Big City Lit
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Fairy Tale Review
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Kenyon Review Online
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New Letters
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Nimrod
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Poetry International Online
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Poetry Review
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Collagist
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Tupelo Quarterly
,
Van Gogh's Ear

Poetry

Anthologies:
Aeolian Harp Series (Glass Lyre Press, 2022)
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Collateral Damage (Glass Lyre Press, 2018)
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"After the End After the Beginning":The Ecopoetry Anthology (Trinity University Press, 2013)
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"Dusk" (Poem-A-Day:Academy of American Poets)) (Academy of American Poets, 2013)
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"Jack London Is Dead" (TinFish Press, 2013)
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The Eco Poetry Anthology (Trinity University Press, 2013)
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A Cadence of Hooves (Yarrow Mountain Press, 2008)
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Letters to the World (Red Hen Press, 2008)
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White Ink (Demeter Press, 2007)
Books:
KNEEL SAID THE NIGHT (Sundress Publications, 2022)
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BEFORE THE DROUGHT (Glass Lyre Press, 2017)
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BETWEEN SOUL AND STONE (Sheep Meadow Press, 2011)
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BUT A PASSAGE IN WILDERNESS (Sheep Meadow Press, 2007)
Journals:
About Place Journal
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Bracken
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Cerise Press
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Chelsea
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Cimarron Review
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Dark Matter: Women Witnessing
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from the fishouse
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Harbor Review
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HER KIND
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Kalliope
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Kenyon Review
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Kenyon Review Online
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Mom Egg Review
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Parabola
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Persimmon Tree
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Phantom Limb
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Plume
,
PN Review
,
Poetry Daily
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Poetry International Online
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Poetry International
,
Poetry Review
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Prairie Schooner
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Southern Review
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Spillway
,
Tupelo Quarterly
Prizes won: 

Grand prize for "Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Award," "Beautiful Soon Enough" won the FC2 Ronald Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Prize, (University of Alabama Press/2009.) Other honors include Finalist for The National Poetry series 2015, the Robert H. Winner Award from the Poetry Society of America, 8 Pushcart Prize nominations, & 2 Pushcart “special mention citations,” the Chelsea Poetry Award, Kalliope's Sue Saniel Elkind Award, Persimmon Tree Magazine's International Poetry Award, Aeolian Harp Anthology #1 (Glass Lyre Press,) Aeolian Harp Anthollogy #8 (Glass Lyre Press)  .

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
European American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, French
Born in: 
New York City, NY
New York
Raised in: 
NYC & Paris
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Last update: Jul 29, 2023