Rachel Jamison Webster Explained
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
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
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
- September, TriQuarterly, 2013;
- The Endless Unbegun, Twelve Winters Press, 2015,
- Mary is a River, Kelsay Books 2018.
- Book: Webster, Rachel Jamison . Benjamin Banneker and Us . 2023-03-21 . Henry Holt . 978-1-250-82730-2. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Webster . Rachel Jamison . Faculty page . Northwestern University . 20 November 2018.
- Web site: Rachel Jamison Webster . Poetry Foundation website . The Poetry Foundation . 20 November 2018.
- Web site: Staff writer. . 2017-18 Program: Congratulations to our 2017-18 Public Voices Fellows! . Northwestern University Office of the Provost . Northwestern University . 20 November 2018.
- Web site: Staff writer . English Department Musings 2017 . Northwestern University English Department . Northwestern University . 20 November 2018.
- Web site: 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 . 20 November 2018.
- News: Taylor . Ericka . March 21, 2023 . 'Benjamin Banneker and Us' traces generations of descendants of the mathematician . NPR .
- Web site: Rachel Jamison Webster Looks at Whiteness in the Context of Her Own Genealogy . 2023-06-22 . Chicago Magazine . en-US.
- News: Row . Jess . 2023-03-21 . A Family Tree as Racially Mixed as the America It Sprang From . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-06-22 . 0362-4331.
- News: Mar 21, 2023 . Book review of Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of an American Family by Rachel Jamison Webster . The Washington Post .
- Web site: April 1, 2023 . Erica . Gunderson . In 'Benjamin Banneker and Us,' Author Discovers Hidden Black Ancestry . 2023-06-22 . WTTW News . en.
