Rachel B. Glaser is an American poet, novelist and short story writer. [1]
Glaser was born in New Jersey. She obtained an undergraduate degree in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design [2] and later graduated from the UMass-Amherst Poets and Writers Program in Fiction. [1]
She has published four books to date: Pee On Water (short stories), Moods (poetry), Hairdo (poetry), and Paulina and Fran (novel). Publishers Weekly praised Hairdo for "Glaser's funny, shrewd, and warped perspective". [3] Paulina and Fran was positively received. [4] [5] [6] [7] Glaser's short story, "Dead Woman," appeared in the Summer 2023 issue of the Paris Review. [8]
Glaser was named as one of the best young American novelists by Granta magazine in 2017. [9]