Heather Altfeld is a poet and essayist. Her two books of poetry are Post-Mortem (forthcoming summer 2020) and The Disappearing Theatre (2016). Her work is featured or forthcoming in 2019 Best American Essays, Orion Magazine, Aeon Magazine, Conjunctions, Narrative Magazine, LitHub, and others. She lives in Northern California.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Crème of New York Revisited: On Jonathan Vatner’s “Carnegie Hill”
Heather Altfeld climbs “Carnegie Hill,” the debut novel from Jonathan Vatner....
“Dear House, Don’t Burn”: On Svetlana Alexievich’s “Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II”
Heather Altfeld listens to the voices in “Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II” by Svetlana Alexievich....
The Oak, the Oakling, and the Cellar Book: A Fête of Fadimans
Heather Altfeld savors Anne Fadiman's "The Wine Lover’s Daughter."...
