Rachel Marie Patterson is the co-founder and editor of Radar Poetry. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Tall Grass With Violence, Rachel’s debut full-length collection, was released in 2022 by FutureCycle Press. Her chapbook, If I Am Burning, was published by MSR in 2011. 

Rachel’s poems appear or will soon appear in many journals, including Harpur Palate, Cimarron Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Smartish Pace, Parcel, The Journal, Thrush, Nashville Review, Redivider, and Fugue. She won an Academy of American Poets Prize in 2012, and in 2019, her poem “Connemara” was selected as a Special Mention for the Pushcart Prize. Her poetry has also been nominated for Best of the Net and Best New Poets. In 2020, she was a finalist for the Rita Dove Award from the Center for Women Writers.

In the past, Rachel taught college writing and worked in non-profit management. She now lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughters, where she works for the State of New Jersey.