Rachel Wiley

Rachel Wiley is an American poet, performer and activist.[1][2]

Her poetry collection Revenge Body, which "tackles a culture of fat-shaming, queer-shaming, and racism,"[3] won the Stonewall Book Award's Inaugural Barbara Gittings Literature Award for Poetry in 2023.[4]

Selected publications

  • Wiley, Rachel (2022). Revenge body: poems. Minneapolis, MN: Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press. ISBN 978-1638340003.
  • Wiley, Rachel (2020). Fat Girl Finishing School. Button Poetry. ISBN 978-1943735723.
  • Wiley, Rachel (2018). Nothing is Okay. Button Poetry. ISBN 978-1943735303.

References

  1. ^ Schoppelrei, Elizabeth (2 January 2019). ""Full body intersection": Fat-Positive Activism, Poetry Slam, and Rachel Wiley". Fat Studies. 8 (1): 75–86. doi:10.1080/21604851.2019.1531342.
  2. ^ "Rachel Wiley". Button Poetry. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  3. ^ Fernandes, Megan. "Revenge Body". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  4. ^ "Stonewall Book Awards List". www.ala.org. American Library Association Rainbow Roundtable. Retrieved 18 April 2026.


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