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Stefania Heim is an Associate Professor of Literature and Director of Graduate Studies in English at Western Washington University. She holds an AB from Harvard College, an MFA from Columbia University, and a PhD from the CUNY Graduate Center. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary poetry, poetics, translation studies, and interdisciplinary literature. She has been recognized with a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship (2019) and ViceVersa fellowship (2022). Her scholarly essays and translations have appeared in Journal of Modern Literature, Textual Practice, and 21|19. She co-edits Beyond Ourselves, a volume on Muriel Rukeyser, and has authored poetry collections A Table That Goes On for Miles (2014) and HOUR BOOK (2019). She has taught at Columbia, Hunter College, and Deep Springs College, emphasizing language’s role in shaping identity and narrative.
Education:
- AB in Literature, Harvard College
- MFA in Poetry, Columbia University
- PhD in English, CUNY Graduate Center
Research Interests: Poetry, translation studies, modernism, experimental writing, art & activism, and interdisciplinary literature. Her work bridges poetics with political and historical contexts, particularly through translations of radical women poets.
Awards:
- NEA Translation Fellowship (2019)
- ViceVersa Italian-English Translation Workshop Funding (2022)
- A Table That Goes On for Miles
Grants & Projects: Co-founder of CIRCUMFERENCE: Poetry in Translation, poetry editor at Boston Review, and collaborator on anthologies like Lost & Found. Current projects include Dark Matter: Susan Howe, Muriel Rukeyser, and the Scholar’s Art and Still Death, a poetry collection exploring forensic imagery.
