EVE RIFKAH (POET)
Eve Rifkah is a poet of history and myth. She earned her MFA writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
She was co-founder of Poetry Oasis, Inc. (1998-2012), a non-profit poetry association dedicated to education and promoting local poets. Founder, and editor DINER, a literary magazine. She is the 2021 recipient of the Stanley Kunitz award. Presently Rifkah teaches courses on poetry at Worcester Institute for Senior Education (WISE).
She is author of One Kid a Telling, a memoir of early childhood.
Dear Suzanne, a biography in verse of artist Suzanne Valadon 1865-1938.
Outcasts the Penikese Leper Hospital 1905-1921, a documentary in verse.
Lost in Sight poems dealing with fact and fiction, art, myth, and history.
and chapbooks Scar Tissue, a biography of Corrine Kamiel.
At the Leprosarium 2003 winner of the Revelever Chapbook Contest.
A play, Outcasts the Lepers of Penikese Island, based on her first book, was performed at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY.
For more information including poems and videos go to her website www.eve-rifkah.com.
