Sara Deniz Akant

Sara Deniz Akant is a poet, educator, and performer. She is the author of three books — most recently, Hyperphantasia (Rescue Press), which was a New York Times book of the year, a Boston Globe book of the year, and won the Massachusetts Book Award in poetry. She is also the author of Babette (Rescue Press), winner of the Black Box Poetry Prize, and Parades (Omnidawn), winner of the Chapbook Prize. She teaches poetry as a Professor of the Practice at Tufts University.