Anna Rabinowitz

Who is Anna Rabinowitz?

Anna Rabinowitz is an American poet, librettist and editor. She has published four volumes of poetry, most recently, Present Tense selected by The Huffington Post as one of the best poetry books of 2010. Rabinowitz's other books include The Wanton Sublime: A Florilegium of Whethers and Wonders, Darkling: A Poem, and At the Site of Inside Out.

Rabinowitz's libretti include The Wanton Sublime, music by Tarik O'Regan, and Darkling, music by Stefan Weisman, both commissioned, developed, and produced by American Opera Projects. Darkling, the opera, was released internationally as a CD by Albany Records in 2011.

Rabinowitz is currently editor emerita of American Letters & Commentary, where she was editor and publisher from 1990 to 2007. She has been a vice-president of the Board of Governors for the Poetry Society of America since 1992, and a vice-president of the Board of Directors of American Opera Projects since 2006. She was a faculty member at The New School from 1994 to 1997. She has been a fellow at Yaddo and at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.