Deborah Ager

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Deborah Ager
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Born Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationPoet
Education University of Maryland (BA)
University of Florida (MFA)
Website
www.radiantmedialabs.com

Deborah Ager is an American poet, essayist, and editor.

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Life

Deborah Ager founded the poetry magazine known as 32 poems or 32 Poems Magazine in 2003 with the poet John Poch. [1] She was educated at the University of Maryland (B.A.) and the University of Florida (M.F.A.).

She has published three books. She co-edited the anthologies Old Flame: 10 Years of 32 Poems Magazine (2012) with John Poch and Bill Beverly and The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry (2013) with M. E. Silverman.

Her writing has appeared in New England Review , The Georgia Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Los Angeles Review, North American Review , and Best New Poets 2006. Her manuscript Midnight Voices was a semifinalist for the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize in 2007 before being accepted for publication by Cherry Grove Collections.

Ager is also an essayist, with nonfiction writing published in Narratively,The Week, and Modern Loss.

Honors and awards

Books

Works

Personal life

Ager is married to the writer Bill Beverly. [2]

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References

  1. "Deborah Ager". deborahager.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  2. "Bill Beverly". noexit.co.uk. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2023.