Anne Waldman

Poet, professor, performer, librettist and cultural activist Anne Waldman is the author most recently of Mesopotopia (Penguin, 2025) and Archivist Scissors (Staircase Books, 2025). The Grammy-nominated opera/movie Black Lodge with music by composer David T. Little premiered at Opera Philadelphia in October 2022. She is co-editor with Emma Gomis of New Weathers: Poetics from the Naropa Archive (Nightboat Books, 2022). Her newest album is Your Devotee in Rags from Siren in Toronto with composer Andrew Whiteman. She curates the Summer Writing Program at Naropa University. (Updated 04/2026)