Martha Zweig
Zweig (born April 2, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American poet. Her most recent book is Snails of the Apocalypse (River River Books, 2026).
Martha Zweig
- Name
- Martha Zweig
- Born
- 2 April 1942
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Education
- * University of Michigan
- Awards
- Whiting Award (1999)
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · writer
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• Name — Martha Zweig • Born — 2 April 1942 • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA • Genre — Poetry • Education — * University of Michigan • Warren Wilson College • Awards — Whiting Award (1999) • Notable Works — Monkey Lightning (2010)
Life
Life
She was raised in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, where she attended the Quaker Moorestown Friends School. She earned her B.A. and an M.A.and a Hopwood Award from the University of Michigan; and an M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College. She lives in Hardwick, Vermont, She lives in Vermont where she worked ten years as an advocate for seniors, after ten years handling garments in a pajama factory where she served a term as International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) shop chair. Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The Beloit Poetry Journal, Boston Review, Conduit, Field, Gettysburg Review, Indiana Review, The Journal, The Kenyon Review, Literary Imagination, Manoa, Notre Dame Review, New Orleans Review, The North American Review, Northwest Review, Paris Review, The Progressive, Willow Springs.
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Full-Length Poetry Collections • Snails of the Apocalypse. River River Books. 2026. ISBN 979-8-9926116-6-3. • Get Lost. Dream Horse Press. 2020. ISBN 978-1935716402. • Monkey Lightning. Tupelo Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-932195-82-8 * * Chapbooks * *
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• 1999 Whiting Award
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- 1.FamilySearch.org.
- 2.Woman-Stirred & Woman-Stirred Radio: Martha Zweig talks with Woman-Stirred.
- 3.https://riverriverbooks.org/authors/. River River Books.
- 4.Zweig, Martha. Migraine. The Gettysburg Review. 80 psc. February 2024.
- 5.Indiana Review. indianareview.org.
- 6.Zweig, M. January Domestic. Literary Imagination. 4. 1. 127. February 2024. 10.1093/litimag/4.1.127 psc.
- 7.Zweig, Martha. Two Poems. Manoa. 13. 2. 33–34. February 2024. 10.1353/man.2001.0072.
- 8.The Paris Review - Spring 2008. www.theparisreview.org.
- 9.Willow Springs ewu.edu
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