Rachel Jamison Webster
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Rachel Jamison Webster (born 1974) is an American writer. She is the author of the book Mary is a River, which was a finalist for the National Poetry Series in 2018.
She published two chapbooks with Dancing Girl Press: The Blue Grotto (2009) and Hazel and the Mirror (2015).
She edited two anthologies of creative writing by Chicago Teens, Alchemy (2001) and Paper Atrium (2205). Webster co-founded the online anthology of international poetry, UniVerse, with her late partner Richard Fammeree.
Early life[edit]
Webster was born in Madison, Ohio. She attended DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois and then transferred to Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, where she graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in English Literature. She earned her M.F.A. from Warren Wilson’s Program for Writers.[1]
Honors[edit]
Webster has received awards from the Academy of American Poets,[2] the American Association of University Women, the Howard Foundation, and the Poetry Foundation. From 2017-2018, she participated in the OpEd/Public Voices Fellowship.[3] In 2017, Webster was named a Hewlett Fellow[4] for her establishment of curriculum highlighting diversity and social inequalities. In 2018, Northwestern University recognized her with an Arts and Sciences Alumni Teaching Award for excellence in teaching.[5]
Works[edit]
- September, TriQuarterly, 2013;
- The Endless Unbegun, Twelve Winters Press, 2015,
- Mary is a River, Kelsay Books 2018.
- Webster, Rachel Jamison (2023-03-21). Benjamin Banneker and Us. Henry Holt. ISBN 978-1-250-82730-2. [6][7][8][9][10]
References[edit]
- ^ Webster, Rachel Jamison. "Faculty page". Northwestern University. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Rachel Jamison Webster". Poetry Foundation website. The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ Staff writer. "2017-18 Program: Congratulations to our 2017-18 Public Voices Fellows!". Northwestern University Office of the Provost. Northwestern University. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ Staff writer. "English Department Musings 2017". Northwestern University English Department. Northwestern University. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ Lindell, Rebecca. "2018 TEACHING AWARDS: The College honors 13 faculty members and graduate students for their excellence in the classroom". Northwestern Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. Northwestern University. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Ericka (March 21, 2023). "'Benjamin Banneker and Us' traces generations of descendants of the mathematician". NPR.
- ^ "Rachel Jamison Webster Looks at Whiteness in the Context of Her Own Genealogy". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ Row, Jess (2023-03-21). "A Family Tree as Racially Mixed as the America It Sprang From". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- ^ "Book review of Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of an American Family by Rachel Jamison Webster". The Washington Post. Mar 21, 2023.
- ^ Gunderson, Erica (April 1, 2023). "In 'Benjamin Banneker and Us,' Author Discovers Hidden Black Ancestry". WTTW News. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
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