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Donna Prinzmetal is a poet, psychotherapist and teacher. Her poems have appeared widely in journals, including Prairie Schooner, The Comstock Review, The Journal and New Ohio Review. Her first book, Snow White, When No One Was Looking, was composed of a series of persona poems and was published with CW Books in 2014. In 2020, she was awarded the 2020 Lois Cranston Prize from Calyx Journal for her poem “Your Body, Still Your Body.” In June 2024, her new full-length collection, Each Unkept Secret, was published by MoonPath Press. The book, a finalist for the Sally Albiso Award, focuses on family, both family of origin and on her marriage and children, and explores relationships with both the living and the dead. Donna has taught poetry and creative writing for more than 30 years to adults and children.

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