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Maurya Simon teaches in the Creative Writing Department at the University of California, Riverside, and lives in the Angeles National Forest of the San Gabriel Mountains, in Southern California. She has published seven volumes of poetry, the most recent of which are Ghost Orchid (Red Hen Press, 2004), which was nominated for a National Book Award, and a limited edition, letter-press collection of ekphrastic poems based on the paintings of Los Angeles artist Baila Goldenthal, Weavers (Blackbird Press, 2005). Her forthcoming book, The Mapmaker’s Art, is scheduled to come out from Red Hen Press this year. Simon has been showered with awards and fellowships, has done residencies in Rome, India, Scotland and Sweden, and has seen her poems translated into French, Rumanian, Spanish, and Farsi. She wrote the libretto for the new three-act opera Tamar, based on the story of King David’s daughter, which premiered this year at the University of Rhode Island.
Here are links to a few places where you can read her work online:
To purchase Simon’s books, use these shopping links:
- The Enchanted Room (Copper Canyon Press, 1986)
- Days of Awe (Copper Canyon Press, 1989)
- Speaking in Tongues (Peregrine Smith Poetry Series, Gibbs Smith, 1990)
- The Golden Labyrinth (University of Missouri Press, 1995)
- Ghost Orchid (Red Hen Press, 2004)
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