Zach Semel

Biography

Zach Semel (he/him) is a poet and essayist pursuing an M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Northern Arizona University. Some of his previous work has appeared in DIAGRAM, CutBank: All Accounts & Mixture, Drunk Monkeys, Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment, The Nervous Breakdown, Wordgathering, FreezeRay Poetry, and other places. His hybrid chapbook Let the tides take my body was awarded the 2021 May Day Mountain Prize by Hunger Mountain.

Published Works

Let the tides take my body (chapbook; May Day Studio/Hunger Mountain, 2021)

Links to Sample Works

• DIAGRAM, “Skyrim Character Build: Stealthy Queer Teenager”
• Drunk Monkeys, “Rehearsing with John Mulaney Thirty Seconds Before I Come Out to My Parents”
• Voicemail Poems, “Budding”

Languages of Publication(s) and Poets Translated

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Subject Matter

Aging, Art & Ekphrasis, Childhood, Cultural Identity, Environment & Climate Crisis, Family, Friendship, Gender, Gender Violence, Jewishness, Love, Shoah, Genocide, Trauma, Feminism, LGBTQ+, Pop Culture, Mental Illness, Disability.