Danielle Pafunda

Danielle Pafunda is the author of nine books of poetry and prose, including The Book of Scab (Ricochet Editions 2018), The Dead Girls Speak in Unison (Bloof Books 2017), Natural History Rape Museum (Bloof Books 2013), Manhater (Dusie Press 2012), Iatrogenic: Their Testimonies (Noemi Press 2010), My Zorba (Bloof Books 2008), and Pretty Young Thing (Soft Skull Press, 2005). Her poems have appeared in three editions of Best American Poetry. Her work has been anthologized in PLEASE EXCUSE THIS POEM: 100 POETS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION (Viking 2015), BEAUTY IS A VERB: THE POETRY OF DISABILITY (Cinco Puntos Press 2011), GURLESQUE: THE NEW GRRLY, GROTESQUE, BURLESQUE POETICS (Saturnalia Books 2010) and NOT FOR MOTHERS ONLY: CONTEMPORARY POEMS ON CHILD-GETTING & CHILD REARING (Fence Books 2007). She has taught at the University of California San Diego, and University of Maine Orono, and soon Rochester Institute of Technology. She has served on the board of directors for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, holds a BA from Bard College, an MFA from New School University, and a PhD from the University of Georgia.