Meryl Natchez
Biography
Meryl Natchez’ fourth book, Catwalk, with blurbs from Jericho Brown, Lynn Emanuel, & David St. John received an Indie Best Book 2020 Award from Kirkus Reviews. Natchez’ work has appeared or is forthcoming in Alaska Quarterly Review, LA Review of Books, Hudson Review, Terrain, West Trestle, Poetry Northwest, Literary Matters, The American Journal of Poetry, Tupelo Quarterly, ZYZZYVA, and others.
What is the relationship between Judaism and/or Jewish culture and your poetry?
Writing poetry is the way I make sense of the complex, often contradictory world. I feel this comes directly out of the tradition of questioning that is embedded in Judiasm.
Published Works
Catwalk (Longship Press, 2020)
Poems from the Stray Dog Cafe: Akhmatova, Mandelstam and Gumilev (hit & run press, 2013)
Jade Suit (hit & run press, 2001)
Tadeusz Borowski: Selected Poems(hit & run press, 1990)
Links to Sample Works
- Women’s Voices for Change, “Theodicy or How Evil Enters the World”
- American Journal of Poetry, “Thinking about Einstein while waiting for the Big Blue Bus”
- Winning Writers, “Marai Sandor in San Diego”
