Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941) is an American poet, essayist, and scholar. She is known for her multi-volume long poem, Drafts, which explores the intersections of personal and historical experiences through language.

Rachel Blau DuPlessis was born in 1941 in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in a Jewish family and attended New York schools. She later received a B.A. in English from Barnard College and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Drafts is a long poem written by Rachel Blau DuPlessis. It is a multi-volume work that has been published in several installments over the years. In Drafts, DuPlessis explores various themes such as feminist politics, language, memory, and the intersections of personal and historical experiences.

Yes, Rachel Blau DuPlessis has received several awards and honors for her work. She was the recipient of the Roy Harvey Pearce/Archive for New Poetry Prize and the William Carlos Williams Prize for Poetry from the Poetry Society of America, among others.

In addition to Drafts, Rachel Blau DuPlessis has written several other poetry collections, including Torques: Drafts 58-76, Blue Studios: Poetry and Its Cultural Work, and Days and Works. She has also written books of criticism and essays on poetry, including The Pink Guitar: Writing as Feminist Practice and Writing beyond the Ending: Narrative Strategies of Twentieth-Century Women Writers.