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Meghan Punschke (Meg) was born and raised in Colorado where she spent the bulk of her youth. She attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA and graduated in 2003 with a BA in Journalism and a minor in Graphic Communication- specializing in layout editorial. During that time, she began her career as a poet and simultaneously cultivated her art.

Punschke resides in New York City, and has an MFA in Poetry from The New School. She is the curator and host of Word of Mouth, which is a reading series dedicated to poets and fiction/ non-fiction writers. Previously the Managing Poetry Editor of MiPOesias, she is currently the Managing Editor for Oranges & Sardines.

She is also working on an epic poem, painting several acrylic on canvas works, designing cover art for several poetry publishers, and promoting her first collection of poetry, Stratification (BlazeVOX [books], 2008). Her poetry can be found in MiPO, No Tell Motel, Coconut, Sawbuck, OCHO and more.

Her poem "The Fine Art of Pedestal Construction," was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2007.

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MEGHAN PUNSCHKE
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Education

The New School - New York, NY
M.F.A. Creative Writing 4.0 May 2007
Concentration: Poetry
Thesis Literature Project: An Introduction to the Mediterranean Verse of Paul Blackburn
Thesis Creative Project: Glass Ceiling, False Bottom An Epic Poem
Advisor: Robert Polito

Lehigh University - Bethlehem, PA
B.A. Journalism 3.5 May 2003
Minor: Graphic Communication

Additional Skills

Computer: Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe, Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Word Perfect, Dreamweaver, Outlook, AS400

Language: Conversational Spanish

Published Works & Literary Experience

Books:

Stratification, Author, BlazeVOX [books] 2008

Magazines & Journals:

~Oranges & Sardines, Co-Poetry Editor & Managing Review Editor April '08-Present

~ MiPOesias, Poetry Editor Mar. ‘07 - Mar. '08

~ Lehigh Valley Magazine, Editorial Intern Aug. ‘02 - May ‘03

Individual Poems 2003 - 2008:

Have appeared in MiPOesias, Quest, Coconut, Callaloo, No Tell Motel, Sawbuck, OCHO and Free Focus.

Reading Series:

“Word of Mouth,” Curator & Host Jan. ‘06 - Present

Freelance Graphic Design

Book Covers:

~ Cover art and layout for Reb Livingston’s Your Ten Favorite Words, Coconut Books, 2007.

~ Cover design and layout for Jill Alexander Essbaum’s Harlot, No Tell Books, 2007.

~ Cover art and layout for Hugh Behm-Steingberg’s Shy Green Fields, No Tell Books, 2007.

~ Cover art and layout for Stratification, BlazeVox [books], 2008

Public Relations:

~ Designed all press materials including, fliers, posters, web graphics, and labels for the reading series “Word of Mouth,” the fashion label, “House of Nassat,” and the children’s apparel line, “Kou Kou Bean.”