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Biography
Emily Pettit is an American poet, editor, and publisher from North Hampton, Massachusetts. She has authored three books of poetry; two chapbooks, How (Octopus Books) and What Happened to Limbo (Pilot Books), and Goat in the Snow (Birds, LLC). She was shortlisted for The Believer Poetry award.[1]
Education
She received her MFA in Poetry at University of Iowa and her BA in Contemporary Images at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Career
She teaches poetry at Columbia University, New York, New York. Pettit is an editor for Factory Hollow Press and notnostrums, and publisher of the literary journal jubilat. Goat in the Snow was her first full-length collection of poetry and came out in early 2012. Her work has been included in Huffington Post, Academy of American Poets, and Vinyl Poetry. She has previously taught and/or lectured at Flying Object, University of Iowa, University of Massachusetts, and Elms College.
Works and publications
- How (Octopus Books)
- What Happened to Limbo (Pilot Books)
- Goat in the Snow (Birds, LLC)