Eve Grubin
eve@evegrubin.com
EDUCATION
MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry), First Year Scholarship,
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
MA in English, Margaret Fielders Scholarship, 1998
The Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
and Lincoln College, Oxford University, Oxford, England
BA in English Language and Literature, Deans List; First Year Scholar
Smith College, Northampton, MA
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
NYU in London, Liberal Studies Program, Lecturer, Spring 2010 – current
The Poetry School, tutor, Fall 2010 and Summer 2011
Syracuse University in London, Lecturer, Spring 2011
Middlesex University, School of Arts and Education, Visiting Lecturer, Winter 2010
Florida State University, London Study Centre, Visiting Lecturer, Summer 2010
The New School University, Writing Program, Part Time Faculty Member, New York City, 2001 – 2009
The City College of New York, English Department, Lecturer, New York City, Fall 2007 – Spring 2008;
The Marvin and Edward Kaplan Lecturer in Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies Department, Spring
2007; Lecturer, Graduate Writing Program, 2006
COURSES
NYU in London
Writing, Spring 2010 and Fall 2010
The Poetry School
Beyond Beginnings, Poetry Writing and Reading Workshop, Fall 2010 and Summer 2011
Syracuse University in London
Creative Non-Fiction, Spring 2011
Middlesex University
Lyrics: Poetry and Song, two classes in winter 2010
Florida State University
Essay Writing About Literature, Summer 2010
The New School University
Poetry Writing Workshop: Comfort and Affliction, Fall 2008
Poetry Writing Workshop: Poems from Poems, 2001 to 2008
Special Seminar on Lucille Clifton, included visit to the class by Clifton, summer 2005
The City College of New York
Introduction to Creative Writing, Fall 2008
Writing for the Humanities, Fall 2007
Introduction to Biblical Commentaries and Midrash, Spring 2007
Graduate Poetry Writing Workshop, Fall 2006
Additional Teaching
London School of Jewish Studies, “Poetry Writing Workshop,” Winter 2010 and Summer 2011
NAWE Conference, delivered conference paper, November 2010
Limmud in the UK, “Poetry Lectures and Workshops,” December 2009
BIMA at Brandeis, Visiting Poet, Summer, 2009
Manhattan High School for Girls, 10th Grade English, Spring 2009
AWP; Moderated Panel: Jewish Poetry vs. Poetry by Jews, January 2009
Lido Beach Synagogue, Lecture: “After Eden,” July 2008
BIMA at Williams College, Summer 2005
Makor: Poetry Workshops, 1999-2001
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Poet in Residence, the London School of Jewish Studies, current
Coordinate poetry competition, direct reading series, give reading at annual event, teach poetry class each year
Senior Editor, Lyric Poetry Review, 2002 to present.
Solicit poems and book reviews for national print journal.
Arts Fellowships Director, The Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, NYC
Founded arts fellows program where women artists receive grants to study classic Jewish texts. Raise funds, run
salons, plan events, and develop classes for artists and writers who seek to enrich their work with Jewish material.
Poetry Judge
Kathryn Morton Prize in Poetry, Sarabande Books, Louisville, KY, 2007
Screened manuscripts for national poetry book contest judged by Jane Hirshfield.
London School of Jewish Studies Poetry Contest, Summer 2009 and Summer 2010
Co-judged LSJS annual poetry contest
Jewish Book Week, Winter 2011
One of a panel of judges who judged poems by children
Programs Director, The Poetry Society of America, NYC
Curated and implemented 30 events a year across the country featuring celebrated poets and writers.
Founder and Curator, “Poetry and Mentorship at Makor: A Reading Series,” NYC
Directed reading series where emerging poets read with the acclaimed poets who mentored them.
Editorial Assistant, W.W. Norton & Co., NYC
Evaluated manuscripts, worked with authors, managed production of books.
Poets’ Assistant: Assistant to Sharon Olds, Galway Kinnell, Stanley Kunitz, and Marie Howe
Typed poems, arranged readings, scheduled events, answered letters, and organized calendars.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
CUNY: The Graduate Center: Finished coursework towards PhD in English Literature and passed
written Composition Exam
The Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, New York City
Arts Fellowship; classes in Biblical Hebrew, Talmud, Biblical Commentaries, Midrash
Squaw Valley Writers Conference, Napa Valley, CA, summer
Studied with Robert Hass, Sharon Olds, and Brenda Hillman
The 92nd Street Y, New York City, NY
Classes with Marie Ponsot and Cornelius Eady
Oxford University, Lincoln College, Oxford, England
18th Century Poetry: the Metaphysical Poets
Columbia University: Course in 18th Century Literature
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Classes in Hebrew, Israeli literature, Bible, and Jewish Philosophy
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Book of poems, Morning Prayer (The Sheep Meadow Press)
Morning Prayer was reviewed and featured in Publisher’s Weekly, The Forward, Lilith, La Petite Zine,
kickingwind.com, Presentense Magazine, tablet.org (including a podcast interview), and elsewhere.
Poetry and the Art of Reticence: Essays; in progress. This book of essays, some of which have been published in
books, magazines, and elsewhere, explores the role of reticence in poetry.
Internal Kingdom: Poems; in progress. This new book of poems goes deep into spiritual territory, charting
the terrain of the unseen world and its relationship to the quotidian.
Poems Published or Forthcoming in Books, Magazines, and Journals
Chapbook size group of poems published in Conjunctions with an introduction by Fanny Howe,
November 2004. The poem, “Modesty,” appeared in Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-po Listserv (Red
Hen Press, 2008).
Poems published or forthcoming in: Agenda, American Poetry Review, Barrow Street, The Bloomsbury Review,
Boomerang, Conjunctions, The Drunken Boat, Kerem, La Petite Zine, LIT, Lumina, Lyric, Maggid, The New Republic,
The New York Sun, Pleiades, Poetry Review, Poetry International, Pool, Post Road, Pool, Sarah Lawrence Review,
Unpleasant Event Schedule, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Upstreet, Zeek, and elsewhere.
Essays Published or Forthcoming in Books, Magazines, and Journals
“After Eden: The Veil as a Conduit to the Internal.” The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore,
and Politics (University of California Press, June, 2008).
Articles and book reviews have appeared in: American Jewish Congress Monthly, Crossroads: The Journal of the
Poetry Society of America, The Forward, Lyric Poetry Review, Good Times, modestyzone.net, National Foundation for
Jewish Culture Literary Supplement, Smith College Quarterly Magazine, Trustman Art Gallery Catalog, Virginia
Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. (Complete bibliography and clippings available upon request).
FELLOWSHIPS
The Corporation of Yaddo: residency, June 2005; The Millay Colony: residency, July 2006; The Drisha
Institute: fellow, 2005-2007
READINGS AND TALKS
Adraba Books, Auburn Theological Seminary, Barnard College, Bowery Poetry Club, Bread Loaf School
of English, Cake Shop Reading Series, Casa Cupcake Reading Series, Center for Jewish History, The
Center for Book Arts, Cornelia Street Café, The Fieldston School, The Folger Shakespeare Library,
Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, KGB Reading Series, The Lido Speech Synagogue, London School of
Jewish Studies, Makor/Steinhardt Center of the 92nd St. Y., The New School, NYU, Poets House, Polestar
Reading Series, Sarah Lawrence College, Seton Hall University, Smith College, Tmol Shilshom in
Jerusalem, Yeshiva University Museum, and elsewhere. (Complete bibliography available upon request).