Poet and educator Teresa Dzieglewicz to read from her work

Teresa Dzieglewicz

Poet and educator Teresa Dzieglewicz will read from her work at Randolph College later this month. 

She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School).

Her first book of poetry, Something Small of How to See a River, was selected by Tyehimba Jess for the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press) after it was published in October. 

Dzieglewicz has also won a Pushcart Prize, Best New Poets, the Gingko Prize, the Auburn Witness Prize, and the Palette Poetry Prize and has received fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation, Community of Writers at Tahoe, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, and Brooklyn Poets. 

Her first children’s book, Belonging, co-written with Kimimila Locke, is forthcoming from Chronicle Books. 

Her reading on campus will be held on Wednesday, March 25, at 6 p.m. in Smith Memorial Building’s Alice Ashley Jack Room.