Sandra Doller


Sandra Doller is an American poet and writer.

Life

She attended Amherst College, University of Washington, and University of Chicago.
She received her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was awarded the two-year Iowa Arts Fellowship.
Doller has taught at Hollins University, Cornell College, University of Iowa and in 2007, was Distinguished Visiting Writer at Boise State University. She is currently a full Professor of Literature & Writing Studies and Film Studies at California State University San Marcos.
In 2003, Sandra Doller founded the international inter-arts journal and press: 1913 a journal of forms and in 2006 began editing and publishing books on 1913 Press . She still serves as l'éditrice/editor-in-chief of 1913, which publishes contemporary writing alongside early modernist experiments. 1913 Press authors include: John Keene & Christopher Stackhouse, Shin Yu Pai, Biswamit Dwibedy, Arielle Greenberg & Rachel Zucker, Diane Wald, Karena Youtz, Jane Lewty, Scott McFarland, Monica Mody, Ronaldo Wilson, Mark Faunlagui, Vi Khi Nao, Diana Arterian, Srikanth Reddy & Dan Beachy-Quick, Megin Jimenez. 1913 Press also publishes an anthology of inter-translation, titled READ, co-edited by Sarah Riggs & Cole Swensen.
Doller's translation from the French of won the inaugural Anomalous Press Translation Prize.
In Fall 2025, Doller's newest collection of poems, , was published by .
She lives in San Diego with her partner and collaborator, the poet and writer Ben Doller. In 2007, the two merged their last names: Doyle + Miller = Doller.

Awards and fellowships

  • 2001-2003: Iowa Arts Fellowship
  • 2004: Paul Engle-James Michener Fellowship
  • 2005: Runner-up for Sawtooth Prize from Ahsahta Press
  • 2012: Winner of the Anomalous Press Translation Prize

    Works

  • The Poetry Foundation
  • Touch the Donkey
  • from Not Now Now
  • from Leave Your Body Behind
  • from Leave Your Body Behind
  • from Memory of the Prose Machine
  • from Mystérieuse
  • from PennSound

    Books

  • Oriflamme Ahsahta Press 2005
  • Chora Ahsahta Press 2010
  • Man Years Subito Press 2011
  • Memory of the Prose Machine 2013
  • Sonneteers Editions Eclipse 2014
  • Leave Your Body Behind Les Figues 2014
  • I'll Try This Hour above/ground press] 2025
  • Not Now Now Rescue Press 2025

    Anthologies

  • The New Census from Rescue Press