Becca Klaver

Becca Klaver is a writer, teacher, editor, and literary collaboration conjurer. She is the author of the poetry collections LA Liminal (Kore Press, 2010), Empire Wasted (Bloof Books, 2016), and Ready for the World (Black Lawrence Press, 2020), as well as several chapbooks. Midwinter Constellation, a book co-written with 31 other poets in homage to Bernadette Mayer’s Midwinter Day, will be published in 2022 by Black Lawrence. As an editor, she co-founded the feminist poetry press Switchback Books; is currently co-editing the anthology Electric Gurlesque (Saturnalia Books); and has launched various pop-up journals and websites, including Women Poets Wearing Sweatpants (a collection of original poetry memes) and Across the Social Distances (a journal of early pandemic poetry). She is also co-host of the podcast The Real Housewives of Bohemia.