Elisheva Fox
b. 1984
Publishing Name
Elisheva Fox
Current City, State, Country
Houston, Texas, United States
Birth City, State, Country
Houston, Texas, United States
Biography
Elisheva Fox is a poet with roots firmly planted in Texan soil. A finalist for the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize, she has also been nominated for Best of the Net; her work has appeared in Rust + Moth, Paper Brigade, Strange Horizons, and Sand Hills Literary Magazine, among others. Spellbook for the Sabbath Queen, from Belle Point Press, is her first collection of poems, and was selected for Jewish Women’s Archive 2023-2024 Book Club Picks.
What is the relationship between Judaism and/or Jewish culture and your poetry?
My work exists in the sweet spaces in which Texan culture, flora, and fauna are braided together with Jewishness, queerness, and magic.
Published Works
Spellbook for the Sabbath Queen (Belle Point Press, 2023)
Education
University of Texas, B.A.
University of Texas, J.D.