Jazzy Danziger
Jazzy Danziger is an American poet and editor.
Life and career
Danziger was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Maitland, Florida. She earned her bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis and her MFA in Poetry from the University of Virginia, where she was Editor in Chief of Meridian. She has served as series editor for the annual Best New Poets anthology since 2011.Books
As author:- Darkroom
- Best New Poets 2015 with guest editor Tracy K. Smith
- Best New Poets 2014 with guest editor Dorianne Laux
- Best New Poets 2013 with guest editor Brenda Shaughnessy
- Best New Poets 2012 with guest editor Matthew Dickman
- Best New Poets 2011 with guest editor D. A. Powell
- ''Two Weeks: A Digital Anthology of Contemporary Poetry''
Awards
From the University of Virginia:- Henry Hoyns/Poe-Faulkner Fellowship
- Academy of American Poets Prize
- Academy of American Poets Prize Honorable Mention
- Roger Conant Hatch Prize for Poetry
- Norma Lowry Memorial Fund Prize for Poetry
- Andrea Goff Memorial Prize for Poetry
- Julia Viola McNeely Memorial Prize for Poetry