BERNADETTE GEYER is a poet and copy editor in the Washington, DC, area.
Geyer's first full-length manuscript, The Scabbard of Her Throat, was selected by Cornelius Eady for publication in the Hilary Tham Capital Collection series of The Word Works. Geyer is the author of a poetry chapbook, What Remains, and recipient of a 2010 Strauss Fellowship from the Arts Council of Fairfax County. Her poetry has appeared in Oxford American, North American Review, The Midwest Quarterly, Verse Daily, and elsewhere.
Geyer's non-fiction has appeared in WRITERS' Journal, The Montserrat Review, Freelance Writer's Report, World Energy Review, and Marco Polo Magazine.
LATEST NEWS:
The new Spring/Summer 2013 issue of Poet Lore includes my poem "For Years," along with work by Patricia Fargnoli, Richard Peabody, D. Nurkse, Barbara Crooker, and Ronald Wallace.
My essay, "Being a Poet Makes Me a Better Copy Editor," is featured on The Last Word page of the Summer 2013 issue of The Writer's Center Workshop & Event Guide.
My poem "The Problem with Describing Night" is included in the new anthology Old Flame: From the First Ten Years of 32 Poems Magazine, edited by Deborah Ager, Bill Beverly, and John Poch. The anthology is now available for sale through WordFarm.
Poems forthcoming in Clackamas Literary Reivew, Crab Creek Review, and elsewhere.
