Elaine Sexton
Elaine Sexton is the author of five collections of poetry: Sleuth (New Issues, 2003), Causeway (New Issues, 2008), Prospect/Refuge (Sheep Meadow Press, 2015), Drive (Grid Books, 2022), and, forthcoming in 2025, Site Specific: New and Selected Poems (Grid Books). Her poems, reviews, and artwork have appeared in numerous journals, anthologies, and sites, including American Poetry Review, O! the Oprah Magazine, and Poetry. She is the author of The Post Office, a chamber opera in poems, in collaboration with composer Laura Kaminsky, commissioned by Queen City Opera and produced by The Cincinnati Opera/Opera Fusion: New Works (March, 2025). She is a member of the faculty of the Writing Institute of Sarah Lawrence College, and frequent guest faculty at various writing and art centers in the US and abroad, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Sexton lives in New York City and the North Fork of Long Island.
“Great poets teach us to see in words, moments, actions, emotions, and Elaine Sexton does this so vividly and visually that the reader, this reader, is there, with her on her Drive. Continually inventive, often startling, the poems in this beautiful collection are a gift for writers, artists, and anyone who loves language.”
“In this dazzling collection, Elaine Sexton brings a life lived in poetry to a startling new premise: acceleration equals exhilaration. These poems make me long to be on the road in America, foot on the pedal and heart in the wind.”
