Molly Peacock
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Molly Peacock has published four books of poetry; a book about poetry, How to Read a Poem…and Start a Poetry Circle; and a highly acclaimed memoir, Paradise, Piece by Piece. She was also co-editor of Poetry in Motion: 100 Poems from the Subways and the Buses (1996).
She was president of the Poetry Society of America from 1989 to 1994, and continues to advise its Poetry in Motion program. Among her honors are fellowships from the Danforth, Ingram Merrill, and Woodrow Wilson foundations, as well as from the National Endowment for the Arts. A former learning specialist at Friends Seminary, she has been poet-in-residence at Bucknell University, University of Western Ontario, and University of California, Riverside.
Her poetry and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, the New Republic, the Paris Review, Elle, and Mirabella.
