Maya Jewell Zeller grew up in the Northwest, mostly living in coastal towns of Oregon and Washington. She has taught writing and literature to high school and college students, fourth graders, and senior citizens, and has been a writer-in-residence in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Her poetry has won awards from Sycamore Review, Florida Review and Crab Orchard Review, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize (2011). Her first book, Rust Fish, was released in April 2011 from Lost Horse Press. Individual poems appear in journals such as Bellingham Review, West Branch, Cincinnati Review, Rattle, and others. Maya lives in Spokane, with her husband and daughter, and teaches English at Gonzaga University.
Visit the “books and publications” page to read various online samples of Maya’s work.
To read a short interview, go here: Pank (blog)
To read a short blog by Shira Richman, go here: Bark (blog)
To read yet another blog, this one by fiction writer Christine Nicolai, go here: onmyhonoriwilltry
To read a blog by Rachel Mehl, poet-friend, go here: thecalebbarberblog (Caleb Barber, Rachel’s boyfriend, is a fantastic poet and author of the book Beasts and Violins)
To read a review of Maya’s book, Rust Fish, by Knockout Literary Magazine editor Brett Ortler, go here: Bark (blog)
To read a conversation (on landscape’s role in poetry) between Maya and fellow poet Laura Read, visit centrum.org
To read a review by nonfiction author Ana Maria Spagna, visit her blog.
To read a review by Debrah Lechner of Hayden’s Ferry Review, visit their blog.
To read a review by Shannon Wagner of Ploughshares, visit their blog.
