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Heather Altfeld

Poet/Essayist/Editor

Essays

Here is a sliver of "The Magical Substratum," published in the Earth Elegies issue of Conjunctions Magazine.

 

https://lithub.com/the-endless-memories-preserved-in-siberias-ice/

Essay, "Photography, Storytelling, and the Inhospitable World," dedicated to the work of John Berger.  It appears in ZYZZYVA's Spring 2019 issue on art:  https://www.zyzzyva.org/

Obituary for Dead Languages, first published Conjunctions #70

This essay also appears in the 2019 Best American Essays, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Robert Atwan. You can purchase it here, while supporting local independent bookstores: Best American Essays 2019 at Bookshop.Org

Poetry Northwest, "The Poetics of Taxidermy"
Poetry Northwest, "Modernity Explains Unfortunate Events"
Superstition Review, "Unpacking the Library of Childhood: One Poet's Thoughts"
Superstition Review, "Assigning Solitude"
Claremont Courier, "The World Inside the Word" for Rosemary Adam
North American Review, "On the Feeble Attempt to Teach Beauty"
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