Natasha Dennerstein
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Natasha Dennerstein is an Australian-born poet and writer. She has authored several poetry collections and a chapbook titled Seahorse in 2017. She has worked as an editor with several literary publications in the United States. Prior to her career as a writer, she worked as a psychiatric nurse.
Early life and education
Natasha Dennerstein was born in Melbourne, Australia.[1][2] She is of Polish–Russian ancestry,[3] and her family migrated from Belarus.[2][4] She obtained a diploma in creative writing from Whitireia Polytechnic in New Zealand. She completed her Master of Arts from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.[2][4] She later obtained the Master of Fine Arts from San Francisco State University.[1][2] She spent the early part of her career working as a psychiatric nurse.[1][2][4] She is fluent in English and German.[1]
Career
Dennerstein has published poetry in a wide range of literary journals, including Landfall, Shenandoah, North American Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Foglifter, Bloom, and Red Light Lit.[1][5] She is the author of several poetry collections including Anatomize (2015), Triptych Caliform (2016), and About a Girl (2017), published by Norfolk Press in San Francisco.[1][5] In 2017, she wrote the chapbook Seahorse (2017) based on transsexual theme and published by Nomadic Press in Oakland, California.[1][5][6]
Dennerestin was a 2018 fellow of the Lambda Literary Writers Retreat.[1][6] She collaborated with visual artist Kaye Freeman for publishing Turn and Face the Strange in 2019.[1] In 2021, she published a 33-poem collection titled Broken: A Life of Aileen Wuornos.[6] She has worked in independent publishing and editorial roles in the San Francisco Bay Area, including with Nomadic Press.[1][6] She has also worked at St James Infirmary, a clinic for sex workers in San Francisco.[1]
Dennerstein's poetry collection is described as the work as engaging with description of physical experience and perception through varied poetic forms,[7] and trans identity.[8]
Works
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Natasha Dennerstein". Poets & Writers. Archived from the original on 13 April 2026. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Contributors 2014: Natasha Dennerstein". 4th Floor Journal. Archived from the original on 8 February 2026. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- ↑ "Natasha Dennerstein". Turbine Kapohau. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Natasha Dennerstein". Same Same But Different. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Process Note on My Poem". North American Review. Archived from the original on 17 November 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Natasha Dennerstein". Black Lawrence Press. Archived from the original on 24 January 2026. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- ↑ "Anatomize by Natasha Dennerstein". New Orleans Review. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- ↑ "Seahorse by Natasha Dennerstein". Goodreads. Retrieved 28 June 2026.