Deborah Ager is an American poet, essayist, and editor.

Life

Deborah Ager founded the poetry magazine known as ''

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'' or ''32 Poems Magazine'' in 2003 with the poet

John Poch John Poch (born 1966 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American poet, fiction writer, and critic. Biography John Poch holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Texas. He was the in ...

. She was educated at the

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(B.A.) and the

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(M.F.A.). She has published three books. She co-edited the anthologies ''Old Flame: 10 Years of 32 Poems Magazine'' (2012) with

and

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and ''The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry'' (2013) with M. E. Silverman. Her writing has appeared in ''

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'', ''The Georgia Review'', Birmingham Poetry Review, Los Angeles Review, ''

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'', and ''

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''. She has received fellowships and/or scholarships from the

MacDowell Colony MacDowell is an artist's residency program in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States, founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, pianist and philanthropist Marian MacDowell. Prior to July 2020, it was known as the MacDowel ...

, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. She was a Walter E. Dakin fellow at the Sewanee Writers' Conference as well as a Tennessee Williams Scholar. Her manuscript ''Midnight Voices'' was a semifinalist for the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize in 2007 before being accepted for publication by Cherry Grove Collections. She serves on the advisory boards for A.I.R. Studio Paducah and Midmountain arts residencies. In the past, she served on the board of ''

'' magazine and on the editorial board of ''Redux Magazine''. Ager is a former co-director of the Joaquin Miller Cabin poetry reading series in Washington, DC, which used to take place in Rock Creek Park. Ager is also an essayist, with nonfiction writing published in ''Narratively,'' ''The Week,'' and ''Modern Loss''.

Honors and awards

*Scholarship, West Chester Poetry Conference, 2011 *Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts *Walter E. Dakin Fellowship, Sewanee Writers’ Conference *Fellowship, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, 2009 *Tennessee Williams scholar, Sewanee Writers' Conference *Fellowship, MacDowell Colony

Books

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Works

"The Lights and Lessons of Toro Nagashi, the Japanese Candle Boat Ceremony,"
''Modern Loss'', 2018.
"10 Free Meditations to Encourage Restful Sleep,"
''The Greatist'', 2018.
''From the Fishouse''
May 2011
"The Problem With Describing Men"
''Delaware Poetry Review'', March 2003
"The Lake"
''Connecticut Review'', 2002
"Night in Iowa"
''Georgia Review'', 2000
"Night: San Francisco"
''New England Review'', 2002
"Santa Fe In Winter"
''New England Review'', 2002
"The Space Coast"
''American Literary Review'', 2002

Personal life

Ager is married to the writer

References

External links

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Short biographyInterview from the We Who Are About to Die blogSelection of Published PoemsBlog
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