Maya Ribault

Poet

Washington, DC
District Of Columbia US

Author's Bio

Maya Ribault, a French-American poet, is a graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars. She has also found support for her poetry through Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, New York State Summer Writers Institute, and a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts residency. Her poems, including a translation, have appeared in Agni, Bloodroot, Cloudbank, North American Review, Speak, The New Yorker, and The Southampton Review Online. Her chapbook, Hôtel de la Providence, was released by Finishing Line Press in 2020. She was the 2020-2021 writer in residence at St. Albans in Washington, DC.

Publications & Prizes

Chapbook:
Hotel de la Providence (Finishing Line Press, 2020)
Journals: ,
Bloodroot Literary Magazine
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Cloudbank
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New Yorker
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Pratik
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Speak
Prizes won: 

Shortlisted for the 2017 Faulkner-Wisdom Competition

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, The Body Keeps the Score by van der Kolk, Beloved by Toni Morrison

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, French
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, French
Born in: 
Lannion, A22
France
Cotes-d'Armor (22)
Raised in: 
Lannion, A22
France
Cotes-d'Armor (22)
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Last update: Feb 11, 2024