Nancy Takacs

Nancy Takacs was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, and now lives in Wellington, Utah. She is the recipient of the Juniper Prize for Poetry for her book The Worrier in 2016; and several other poetry awards. Her work appears in The Harvard Review, Kestrel, Hayden's Ferry Review, and many anthologies including New Poets of the American West. Takacs is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She taught creative writing at Utah State University; and has been an artist-in-education teaching poetry workshops to seniors, children, and inmates. Her other books include Blue Patina, Preserves, Red Voice, Juniper, Pale Blue Wings, and Wild Animals.