Ruth Kessler is a poet who lived in Poland and Israel before moving to the United States. Her publications include Fire Ashes Wings and over 70 poems in journals and anthologies. She has also written two full-length poetry collections, a short fiction collection, and a children’s book. Her accolades include Individual Artist Grants from The New York State Council on the Arts, a WNY Artist-in-Residence Grant, and Yaddo, MacDowell, VCAA, Ragdale, and Saltonstall Foundation residencies. Kessler has also given numerous readings of her work, presentations about poetry translations, and creative writing courses in college and community settings. She currently lives in New York City.
Discipline:
Literature – poetry
Ruth Kessler
Discipline:
Literature – poetry
Region: Rochester, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1995
More:
www.ruthkessler.com
Studios
Banks
Ruth Kessler worked in the Banks studio.
Banks, an ell on the north end of the Lodge dormitory, was first used as an artist’s studio in 1970. Since then, it has played host to an extraordinary list of writers working in several disciplines. In all seasons, Fellows have enjoyed the pastoral view through the French doors facing a field…