Sherida Yoder

Poet

North Haledon and Paterson, NJ
New Jersey US

Author's Bio

Raised in Paterson, New Jersey, Sherida Yoder teaches writing, literature, and creative writing at Felician University in Lodi, NJ. She also taught at Rutgers, where she earned a B.A. in Zoology and her masters and Ph.D. in English. She studied developmental biology at Temple University and at the Marine Biology Labs at Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute in Mass. Her poetry combines the detail of a naturalist with the passion and perception of a poet. In 2018, she won a three-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for Prism Paterson, to create a minor and certificate program for undergraduate study of the art, literature, and music of Paterson, NJ. 

Publications & Prizes

Prizes won: 

Allen Ginsberg Poetry Competition: Second Prize 2022, Honorable Mention for 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2010, 2002, 1996, 1993. Allen Ginsberg Poetry Competition Editor's Choice Award for 2015, 2014, 2013, 2009.

 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Emily Dickinson, Thomas Hardy
What I'm reading now: 
Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit, Not Only Love by Richard E. McMullen

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, Christian, Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Mt. Kisco, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Paterson, NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: May 29, 2024