Judith Kerman

Judith Kerman is a poet and multi-artist (singer, performer, and crafter). She has published eleven books and chapbooks of poetry, most recently Definitions (Fomite Press, 2021), along with three books of translations. Committed to publishing and literary community-building, she founded Earth’s Daughters magazine in 1971 and went on to establish Mayapple Press in 1978, which she continues to run today. Kerman earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Buffalo. As a Fulbright Scholar to the Dominican Republic in 2000, she translated the poetry and fiction of Dominican women and designed a website for the Museo del Hombre Dominicano, expanding access to underrepresented voices and histories. After a career in university teaching and administration, she retired to Woodstock, NY, where she remains an active force in the literary world by overseeing Mayapple Press, coordinating online poetry workshops, and leading annual writers’ retreats. Find her online at judithkerman.com.