W.J. Herbert

Poet

Portland, ME

Maine US

Email:

wjherbert21@gmail.com

Website:

www.wjherbertpoet.com

Twitter/X:

@wjherbertpoetry

Author's Bio

W.J. Herbert’s debut collection, Dear Specimen, (Beacon Press, 2021) was a winner of the 2020 National Poetry Series and awarded a 2022 Maine Literary Award for Poetry. Winner of the 2022 Arts & Letters/Rumi Prize for Poetry, Herbert’s work also appears in The Atlantic, Best American Poetry 2017 & 2024, The Georgia Review, The Hudson Review, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. She lives mostly in Portland, Maine.[wjherbertpoet.com.]

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:

Best American Poetry 2017 (Scribner, 2017)

Book:

Dear Specimen (Beacon Press, 2021)

Journals:

AGNI Online

Alaska Quarterly Review

Atlantic Monthly

Boulevard

Pleiades

Southwest Review

Prizes won:

2020 National Poetry Series; 2022 Arts & Letters Rumi Prize for Poetry; 2022 Maine Book Award for Poetry

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Jewish

Prefers to work with:

Adults, Any, Children

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Cleveland, OH

Ohio

Raised in:

Los Angeles, CA

California

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Last update: Apr 27, 2024