Research/Areas of Interest
Creative Writing, Poetry and Poetics, Aesthetics, Affect Theory, Performance and Ritual, Documentary and Collage
Education
- PhD, The Graduate Center, CUNY, United States
- MFA, The Iowa Writers Workshop, United States
Biography
SARA DENIZ AKANT teaches creative writing courses as the Professor of the Practice in poetry. She is the author of three books — most recently, Hyperphantasia (Rescue Press 2022), which was a New York Times book of the year, a Boston Globe book of the year, and won the Massachusetts Book Award. She is also the author of Babette (Rescue Press 2015), winner of the Black Box Poetry Prize, and Parades (Omnidawn 2014), winner of the Chapbook Prize. She also loves rock climbing, horror films, and meditation practices.