So, this list started out because I was redoing my own website-- www.agodon.com -- and I wanted to look at what other poets are doing on their own websites. What I found when I went to do this was that I couldn't find one comprehensive list of women poets who have webpages.
So I do what I always tend to do when the world doesn't have what I want-- make what I need.
The list below is NOT complete. There are huge gaps, I'm sure there are well-known poets and lesser-known women poets who are not listed, maybe you're a woman poet with a website who has a book of poems and I've missed you. Apologies (please add your name in the comment section with a link to your webpage and I'll add you.)
The list was created because I told an online group of women poets that I was making a list of poets writing today and if they wanted to be included, to send me their website. The majority of this list is from there.
While I originally wanted homepages, women poets author pages, I did take Facebook pages, blogger pages (some blog pages really are their author page), a couple of Poetry Foundation page and one literary agency page.
You will also notice that there are a lot of Northwest poets, mostly because, when I think of poets, these friends are the first to come to mind (I'm also from the NW and we have a highly active and supportive poetry community up here.)
It's not perfect at all, but it's a start.
It's a place to check out to discover new poets (I will say, just from MAKING this list, I ended up purchasing over ten books of poems and I have many more on my Wish List.) And yes, there are many incredible women poets on here, but again, it's nowhere near completely.
Also, some links will open up in a new tab, but others will not. I do want all the links to open on their own tab, but that little extra touch was taking much time, so I gave up on it. Sorry. I may come back and try to fix that.
So otherwise, here's the list of *some* women poets who are writing and publishing today. If you are a women poet with a book (or upcoming books), and would like to be listed, please leave your name in the comment section.
Thanks! And again, apologies for *anyone* I missed!
As of March 9th, 2015:
THE LIST:
Colleen Abel
Nadia Ann Abou-Karr
Kim Addonizio
Deborah Ager
Kelli Russell Agodon
Susan Aizenberg
Liz Ahl
Dilruba Ahmed
Ivy Alvarez
E. Kristin Anderson
Stephanie Bryant Anderson
Nin Andrews
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Cristen O’Keefe Aptowitz
Polly Atkin
Cynthia Atkins
Elizabeth Austen
Lana Hechtman Ayers
Carol Willette Bachofner
Judith Barrington
Lisa Marie Basile
Ellen Bass
Jenni B. Baker
L.L. Barkat
Lisa Marie Basile
Shaindel Beers
Erin Belieu
Carolee D.Bennett
Margo Berdeshevsky
Susie Berg
Tara Betts
Nancy Bevilaqua
K.T. Billey
Julie E. Bloemeke
Kristy Bowen
Sarah B. Boyle
Susan Brennan
Ronda Broatch
Fleda Brown
Sharon Bryan
Jenna Butler
Tara Shea Burke
Paula Cary
Wendy Taylor Carlisle
Lauren Carter
Patricia Caspers
Brittany Cavallaro
Victoria Chang
Yu-Han Chao
Lisa Cheby
Lisa M. Cole
Rebecca Cook
Barbara Crooker
Joanna Penn Cooper
Marianne Corbett
Elizabeth Costello
Tasha Cotter
Karen Craigo
Heidi Czerwiec
Theresa Davis
Kelly Davio
Rachel Dacus
Sandra de Helen
Michelle Detorie
Natalie Diaz
Caitlin Doyle
Amy Dryansky
Jehanne Dubrow
Susan Elbe
Kathy Fagan
Patricia Fargnoli
Ann Fisher-Wirth
Marta Ferguson
Annie Finch
Molly Fisk
Kathleen Flenniken
Rachel Contreni Flynn
Rebecca Foust
Suzanne Frischkorn
Jeannine Hall Gailey
Shamala Gallagher
Marcene Gandolfo
Bernadette Geyer
Nikki Giovanni
Jennifer Givhan
Jessica Goodfellow
Bunny Goodjohn
Dana Goodyear
Laura Gordon
Michalle Gould
Juliana Gray
Kate Greenstreet
Jaimie Gusman
Sarah Kain Gutowski
Minal Hajratwala
Jane Eaton Hamilton
Christa Harader
Pamela Hart
Lola Haskins
Rachel Heimowitz
Deborah Hauser
Jennifer Michael Hecht
Eugenia Hepworth
Jane Hirshfield
Erin Coughlin Hollowell
Karen Paul Holmes
Anna Maria Hong
Qumyka Rasheeda Howell
Vicki Hudson
Holly Hughes
Luisa Igloria
Jules Jacob
Jennifer Jean
Sarah Eliza Johnson
Latoya Jordan
Megan Kaminski
Julie Kane
Genevieve Kaplan
Taylor Mardis Katz
Tina Kelley
Molly Sutton Kiefer
Amy King
Patty Kinney
Keetje Kuipers
Vandana Khanna
Athena Kildegaard
Sally Rosen Kindred
Heather Knox
Laura Kochman
Laurie Kolp
Chrissy Kolaya
Ann Eichler Kolakowski
Kathryn Kysar
Mari L’Esperance
Deborah Landau
Dorianne Laux
Jenifer Browne Lawrence
Anna Leahy
Kate Lebo
Sherilyn Lee
Laura LeHew
Amy Lemmon
Dana Levin
Susan Lewis
Shara Lessley
Diane Lockward
Devi Lockwood
Nancy Chen Long
Sandy Longhorn
Éireann Lorsung
Lindsay Lusby
Kelly Madigan
Kristin Maffei
Shikha Malaviya
Erin Malone
Lisa Mangini
Sarah Mangold
Sarah Manguso
Marjorie Manwaring
Lucinda Marshall
Kerrin McCadden
Marty McConnell
Frances McCue
Leslie McGrath
Mary McMyne
Dora McQuaid
Erica Meitner
Dora Malech
Ruth Madievsky
Cate Marvin
Mary Meriam
Rachel Mennies
Jennifer Militello
Amy Miller
Natasha Kochicheril Moni
Devon J. Moore
Tanya Muzumdar
Susannah Nevison
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Hoa Nguyen
January Gill O’Neil
Kathleen Ossip
Nancy Pagh
Sarah Pape
Shailja Patel
Lynne Pedersen
Michelle Peñaloza
Amy Pence
Cathy Petch
Jessica Piazza
Catherine Pierce
Brianna Pike
Cati Porter
Frances Justine Post
Tania Pryputniewicz
Ren Powell
Kiki Petrosino
Shelly Puhak
Inès Pujos
Saara Myrene Raappana
Hila Ratzabi
Chelsea Rathburn
LynetteReini-Grandell
Paisley Rekdal
Barbara Jane Reyes
Susan Rich
Nicole Rollender
Stephanie Rogers