Simone Muench
Chicago, IL
Poetry
Simone Muench is the recipient of an NEA Poetry Fellowship; the 2023 Lewis University Career Scholarship Award; a 2023 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, and the Meier Foundation for the Arts Award that recognizes artists for innovation, achievements, and community contributions. She is the author of seven full-length books, including Lampblack & Ash (winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize for Poetry and a New York Times Editor’s Choice; Sarabande Books), Orange Crush (2010 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry; Sarabande Books), Wolf Centos (Sarabande Books), and The Under Hum, co-written with Jackie K. White, (Black Lawrence Press, forthcoming in 2024).
She is the creator of the Hungry Brain Sunday Reading Series that she co-hosts with Kenyatta Rogers. She also serves as poetry editor for JackLeg Press, a senior poetry editor for Tupelo Quarterly, and faculty advisor for Jet Fuel Review. She received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago and directs the writing program at Lewis University where she teaches creative writing and film studies.