Rose DeMaris is a writer and teacher. Her poems, as well as her English translations of poetry by Lebanese-Palestinian writer May Ziadeh, appear in a variety of publications. A Best New Poets nominee, she has received the Patricia Dobler Poetry Award and Orison Books’ Best Spiritual Literature Award in Poetry. In addition to her poetry, she regularly publishes nonfiction about contemporary visual artists and is polishing two fiction projects.
A first-generation college graduate, she holds advanced degrees in English and Native American Studies; she also earned an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University, where she was a Teaching Fellow. She has worked as a florist, barista, baker, copywriter, metalsmith, fence mender, secretary, bookseller, seamstress, and more. Born in Southern California and raised there by a single mom, she currently lives in Montana.
At last,
love has woven itself into my life like a rumor…