Mary Brancaccio

Mary Brancaccio is a poet and teacher. Her poetry collection, Fierce Geometry, is available from Get Fresh Books Publishing. Her book was a recommended by the American Academy of Poets during National Poetry Month in 2023. Brancaccio's poetry has appeared in Naugatuck River Review, Minerva Rising, Edison Literary Review, among others. Her poem, "Unfinished Work," was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. More recently, she was a featured poet on The Slowdown. She is included in several anthologies of poetry, including The Black River: Death Poems; Cayman Brac from Bluff to Sea; Writing the Land: Maine, Writing the Land: Northeast, Farewell to Nuclear, Welcome to Renewable Energy (a response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster) and Veils, Halos and Shackles: International Poetry on the Oppression and Empowerment of Women. Her reviews of books of poetry have been published in Rattle and Terrain. Brancaccio has an MFA in Poetry from Drew University. She lives in South Orange, NJ.