Erika Meitner
Erika Meitner, 2016
Born	1975 (age 48–49) New York
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Dartmouth College, 1996 A.B. University of Virginia, M.F.A.
Occupation(s)	Poet, author, professor of English at University of Wisconsin-Madison [1]
Spouse(s)	Steven Trost, married on April 22, 2006 [2]
Website	erikameitner.com

Erika Meitner (born 1975 in New York) is an American poet.

She graduated from Dartmouth College with an A.B. in 1996, and from the University of Virginia with an MFA in creative writing, and an MA in religious studies.

She taught at University of Virginia, University of California, Santa Cruz., ^[3] and Virginia Tech ^{[4] [5]} She was a Fulbright Scholar in Creative Writing, at Queen's University Belfast. ^[6] She teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ^[7]

Her work has appeared in The Southern Review, The American Poetry Review, Shenandoah, Indiana Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, ^[8] and Virginia Quarterly Review. ^[9]

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Collections

• Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore Anhinga Press, 2003, ISBN  978-0-938078-74-6
• Ideal Cities, HarperCollins, 2010, ISBN  978-0-06-199518-7
• Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls, Anhinga Press, 2011. ISBN  9781934695234 ^[a]
• Holy Moly Carry Me, BOA Editions, Limited, 2018 ISBN  9781942683629 ^[b]
• Useful Junk, BOA Editions, 2022 ISBN 978-1-950774-53-1 ^[c]

List of poems

• "The Book of Dissolution", AGNI online
• "Big Box Encounter", Slate, April 20, 2010
• "January Towns"; "With/out", Anti-
• "Quisiera Declarar", From the Fishouse
• "Elegy with Construction Sounds, Water, Fish", Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2010, pp. 202–203

• "On Rita Dove", Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections, Editors Arielle Greenberg, Rachel Zucker, University of Iowa Press, 2008, ISBN  978-1-58729-639-0
• "On Rita Dove", Best African American Essays 2010, Editors Gerald Early, Randall Kennedy, Random House, Inc., 2009, ISBN  978-0-553-38537-3

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Notes

• 2009 National Poetry Series, for Ideal Cities
• 2018 National Jewish Book Award: Poetry, for Holy Moly Carry Me ^[10]
• 2018 Finalist: National Book Critics Circle Award: Poetry, for Holy Moly Carry Me
• 2019 Finalist: Library of Virginia: Poetry, for Holy Moly Carry Me

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erika Meitner.

• Author's website
• "Erika Meitner Discusses Peeps, Virginia and Yi-Fu Tuan: An Interview by Serena Agusto-Cox", 32poems, May 5, 2009
• "Erika Meitner", From the Fishouse
• "Five Questions With . . .Erika Meitner, poet", Sentinel, Rebecca Swain Vadnie
• http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poetry-craft-tips/interview-with-poet-erika-meitner