“Cultivating belonging amidst placeful-ness remains crucial to both my communal and poetic practice. Through archival research, I have come to know other caregivers whose subtle rebellions have been preserved in letters, wills, and portraits. My poems ensconce these archives alongside the ecological world to explore and explode the missing pieces in the wider perception of what it means to make a home.”
In Rachel’s words:
Interviews
“The Act of Direct Address is One of Gratitude”
The Southern Review of Books
Rachel Edelman’s Dear Memphis
The Memphis Flyer
A Conversation with Rachel Edelman
The Adroit Journal
Care is a Series of Actions
Amherst Magazine
Poet of the Week
Brooklyn Poets
Episode 41: Rachel Edelman (Of Memphis, Geology, and Water)
Of Poetry Podcast
Rachel Edelman on Lineage, Matriarchy, and Hooray for the Riff Raff
The Poetry Vlog
What The Great British Baking Show Teaches Us About Poetry
The Poetry Vlog
Sarah Ann in Conversation with Rachel Edelman
The Tinderbox Poetry Journal
In an interview with The Poetry Vlog
“Here, through lyrics enriched by Edelman’s vivid imagery and distinctive music, is timelessness.”
“Dear Memphis shimmers with the difficult work of love.”
“A work of moving lamentation...piercingly self-aware.”
Dear Memphis Press Kit
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