Lindsey Webb
Lindsey Webb | |
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| Occupation | Poet, Instructor[1] |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | B.A. (2014) MFA (2017) PhD (2025) |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and University of Utah |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Plat (2024) House (2020) |
| Notable awards | The 2020 Ghost Proposal Chapbook Contest[2] |
| Website | |
| lindseydwebb1 | |
Lindsey Webb is a poet and visiting assistant professor at Grinnell College. She has authored a poetry collection Plat, which was named a best poetry book of 2024 by The New York Times Book Review, and two chapbooks.[1]
Education
Webb's research looks at experimental poetics, the history of technology, and the science and poetics of olfaction. She has a B.A. from Brigham Young University (2014), and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2017). In 2025, she earned a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Utah,[1][3] where she was a Clarence Snow Memorial Fellow.[4]
Career
During her MFA, Webb served on the masthead of elsewhere magazine,[5] and is now an editor for Thirdhand Books.[6] Following her PhD in 2025, she now teaches Creative Writing at Grinnell College.[3]
She has published work in such journals as Chicago Review,[7] LitHub,[8] and Denver Quarterly, and is the author of two poetry chapbooks and a full-length collection, Plat (Archway Editions, 2024). House, her debut chapbook from 2020, was the winner of the year's Ghost Proposal Chapbook Contest.[2] It is also one of the three parts of Plat.[9] The work in House was praised for wrapping "itself around both lyric and philosophy".[10] Her second chapbook, Perfumer's Organ, was published in 2023.[11]
In 2023, she also collaborated with Wendy Wischer and John Lin on In Search of Blue Sky, a temporary public artwork "communicat[ing air quality] data to the general community by telling simple, and provocative statements about air and atmosphere".[12]
Plat, Webb's debut collection published by Archway Editions in 2024, has been praised for its "muscular, charismatic" prose.[13] The publication of Plat was complimented by the release of a tie-in perfume.[11]
Praise
In a 2021 interview, writer and artist Nick Maione praised Webb for "embody[ing]" her poems.[14]
Webb's debut Plat was named one of the best poetry books of 2024 by The New York Times, and a notable read at the 2025 Utah Book Awards for Poetry.[15] In an interview, Webb called Plat "a house, haunted by the death of a close friend, trying to break the laws of physics in order to see her again",[16][17] and Bear Reviews called the book an attempt to "make [Webb's] friend's death fit with the conception of heaven she's been taught."[18] Writing for NYT, Elisa Gabbert praised it for "fascinating spatial sensibility" and Webb's architectural thinking,[19] and likened her work to the early writing of the poet Jorie Graham.[20] Writing for the Los Angeles Review of Books, Katherine Gibbel noted Plat for its "uncommon" and "unwavering faith".[9] Rob McLennan praised Webb for the "extremely difficult" task of composing "a volume around grief without falling permanently into the subject matter".[21]
Books
Full-length collection
- Plat (Archway Editions, 2024) ISBN 9781648230622
Pamphlets
- House (Ghost Proposal, 2020)
- Perfumer's Organ (above/ground press, 2023) ISBN 9781774602676
Awards
- 2020: Finalist, Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize, for Plat[22]
- 2020: Ghost Proposal Chapbook Contest, for House
- 2025: Utah Book Awards Notable Read for Poetry, Plat
References
- ^ a b c "Lindsey Webb: Instructor". Grinnell College. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ a b "House by Lindsey Webb". Ghost Proposal. December 16, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ a b "Readings by Utah Book Award honorees from the U". The University of Utah. August 24, 2025. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ "Alumni of the MFA for Poets & Writers". University of Massachusetts Amherst. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ "Issue 7". elsewhere. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ "Masthead". Thirdhand Books. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ Webb, Lindsey (October 21, 2018). "Poetry Staff Feature: October 2018". Chicago Review. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ Webb, Lindsey (July 15, 2016). "From a Teen's Blog to International Acclaim: On Translating Sagawa Chika". Literary Hub. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ a b Gibbel, Katherine (October 28, 2024). "A Pink Wilderness of Sod and Infrastructure". The Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ McLennan, Rob (September 13, 2021). "Ongoing notes: mid-September, 2021: Gala Uzryutova + Lindsey Webb". Rob McLennan's Blog. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ a b Howard, Madeline (June 11, 2024). "On Perfume And Poetry". Coveteur. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ Walchli, Amelia (January 10, 2023). "Wendy Wischer's 'In Search of Blue Sky' on UTA buses and TRAX". @theU. The University of Utah. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ Altman, Toby. "Annulet's Year in Reading: 2024". Annulet. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ Savich, Zach (March 14, 2021). "A New Relationship of Presence: An Interview with Nick Maione". Tupelo Quarterly. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ "Utah Book Awards". Utah Humanities. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ "SHORT 'N SWEET: THE BOOK SPEAKS: Plat". Sugar House Review. 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ "Plat, by Lindsey Webb" (PDF). Sugar House Review (28): 56. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ Valley, Rebecca (June 16, 2025). "Plat – Lindsey Webb". Bear Reviews. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ Gabbert, Elisa (December 8, 2024). "The Best Poetry Books of 2024". The New York Times. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ Gabbert, Elisa (December 31, 2024). "Every book I read in 2024, with commentary". Elisa Gabbert – Medium. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ McLennan, Rob (July 5, 2024). "Lindsey Webb, Plat". Rob McLennan's Blog. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ "Wheeler Prize". The Journal. Retrieved March 12, 2026.