Dr. Emily Skillings

Biography

Emily Skillings is a lecturer at Yale University, specializing in creative writing. She was born in Brunswick, Maine and holds a B.A. in Dance Writing from the New School and an M.F.A. in Poetry from Columbia University School of the Arts. Skillings has taught creative writing at prestigious institutions such as Poets House, Columbia University, the New School, New York University, and Brooklyn Poets. Her work has garnered recognition, including being a finalist for the 2018 Believer Poetry Award and receiving support from the T.S. Eliot Foundation as a 2023 NYFA/NYSCA Fellow in Poetry. Her poetry has been published in numerous esteemed journals, including Granta, Harper's, Poetry, and the Boston Review. Additionally, she is known for her editorial work on 'Parallel Movement Hands: Five Unfinished Longer Works by John Ashbery', published by Ecco/HarperCollins in 2021. Skillings is an active member of the feminist literary collective Belladonna*, which promotes the work of experimental women writers. She resides in Brooklyn and continues to engage in various literary projects.

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