Elizabeth S. Wolf

Forthcoming: "Parenting in the Age of Columbine", from Kelsay Books, is due out Dec 2025. My daughter was born the week after Columbine. This book is a braided collection where each triplet includes a docupoem about a shooting incident or its aftermath; a personal slice of life; and a quote from an external source, such as "Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care". The anchor poem "April 1999" in video edition was featured at the Poetry in Motion Festival in 2024; the print poem was a finalist for the Joy Harjo Prize in 2022.

"I Am From: Voices from the Mako House in Ghana" is still available for holiday gifting. Based on a series of workshops held in a boarding house in the rural Volta region, this collection includes poetry from kids aged 9-17. Full of vivid stories, joy and sorrow, including original art and photos. Proceeds benefit the Mako Children's Fund. Open your heart to these kids- you won't regret it!

As of Feb 2024, my words are on the moon! The anthologies "Mosaics" (including 2 of my poems) and "UnCommon Minds" (1 short story) are included in the Lunar Codex Nova Collection, carried by the Odysseus lander. The archive is now an Artemis Accords Heritage Site.

In Jan 2024 a lunar lander called Peregrine carried a digital archive from Writers On The Moon. Included were the books "When Lawyers Wept", "Did You Know?", "Merrimac Mic Gleanings from the First Year", and "Persian Sugar in English Tea" (in English & Farsi). Sadly Peregrine returned to earth, burning up on re-entry. This collection is scheduled to launch again in 2026.

Here on earth, late in 2020 I donated my Rattle chapbook "Did You Know?" to Prisoner Express. Over 300 inmates signed up for the book and received prompts to tell their stories. Check out the Rattle Tribute to Prisoner Express, summer 2022, #76.

New poems are in my chapbook "A Collection of Partings" (Kelsay Books, 2022), Rattle #75, Ibbetson St #58, Peregrine: The Caregiving Issue, and the Diane Lockward craft book "The Strategic Poet". In July 2023 I read at the White House, Supreme Court, and U.S. Capitol as part of The Scheherazade Project. I received my fourth Pushcart nomination in 2023. Grateful!

The v short bio: Elizabeth S. Wolf calls New England home. Some of her early poetry is included in the Valley Women's History Collaborative, a special collection of the UMass Amherst Libraries.