From 2012-2014, Marie Howe served as the Poet Laureate of New York State. Currently, she is the poet in residence at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Stanley Kunitz writes that her "poetry is luminous, intense, and eloquent, rooted in an abundant inner life. Her long, deep-breathing lines address the mysteries of flesh and spirit, in terms accessible only to a woman who is very much of our time and yet still in touch with the sacred." Her collections include The Good Thief , which was chosen for the National Poetry Series by Margaret Atwood, What the Living Do, praised by Publishers Weekly as one of the five best poetry collections of the year, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, and Magdalene. Howe has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, and NYU; received fellowships from the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College, National Endowment for the Arts, Guggenheim Foundation, Academy of American Poets, and Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She lives in New York City.

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