Michelle M Tokarczyk

Poet

New York, NY
New York US
Email: 
mmtokarczyk@gmail.com
Website: 
mmtokarczyk.com

Author's Bio

I was born and raised in New York City in a working-class family. After earning a doctorate in English at Stony Brook University, I got a tenure-track appointment at Goucher College. There I taught creative and academic writing, contemporary American literature, and gender studies. Now retired, I live in New York City.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Calling Home: An Anthology of Working-Class Women's Writing (Rutgers University Press, 1990)
Books:
Galapagos: Islas Encantadas (Shanti Arts Publishing, 2023)
,
Bronx Migrations (Cherry Castle Publishing, 2016)
,
For a Living: Poetry of Work (edited anthology) (University of Illinois Press, 1995)
,
The House I'm Running From (West End Press, 1989)
Journals:
Chest
,
Door is a Jar Magazine
,
Earth's Daughters
,
Evening Street Review
,
The Literary Review
,
Masque & Spectacle
,
Minnesota Review
,
Oyster River Pages
,
San Pedro River Review
,
The Pearl
,
The Skinny Poetry Journal
,
Third Wednesday
Prizes won: 

Nominated for Pushcart Prize (Poetry) and Best of the Net (Poetry)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
In no particular order: Rita Dove, Galway Kinnell, Louise Gluck, Adrienne Rich. I could go on!

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Ukrainian American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New York, NY
New York
Raised in: 
New York, NY
New York
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Last update: Feb 24, 2024