Rachel Jamison Webster
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Rachel Jamison Webster is author of the books "September: Poems" (TriQuarterly, 2013); the hybrid book of poetry and fiction, "The Endless Unbegun" (Twelve Winters, 2015); and "Mary is a River," which is written in the voice of Mary Magdalene. It was a finalist for the National Poetry Series, and published by Kelsay Books in June 2018. Rachel has also published two chapbooks with Dancing Girl Press, and edited two anthologies of creative writing by Chicago teens. For years, Rachel worked with First Lady of Chicago, Maggie Daley, to create after school arts and writing programs for city youth. Now she Directs the Creative Writing Program at Northwestern University, where she teaches poetry and creative non-fiction, and designs curriculum in representation, diversity and literary ethics. r r Rachel’s essays and poems appear in many journals and anthologies, including Tin House, Poetry, The Southern Review, The Paris Review and Narrative.
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Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of an American Family | Mary is a River | September: Poems | The Blue Grotto | The Endless Unbegun | The Sea Came Up & Drowned