Amy Gerstler

Amy Gerstler’s books of poems include Scattered at Sea (Penguin Poets, 2015), which was longlisted for the National Book Award, and Dearest Creature (Penguin Poets, 2009), which was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book. Her previous twelve books include Ghost Girl (Penguin Poets, 2004), Medicine (Penguin Poets, 2000), Crown of Weeds (Penguin Poets, 1997), Nerve Storm (Penguin Poets, 1993), and Bitter Angel (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemportary Series: Poetry, 1990). She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2018. In 2019, she received a C. D. Wright Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.