Donna Spruijt-Metz

Donna Spruijt-Metz is a Jewish poet and the author of General Release from the Beginning of the World (Parlor Press/Free Verse Editions, 2023). A MacDowell Fellow, she is the recipient of the 2023 Harbor Review Editions Editor’s Prize. An emeritus psychology professor, MacDowell fellow, rabbinical school drop-out, and former classical flutist, she  was featured as one of 5 over 50 debut authors in Poets & Writers Magazine. Her new book, To Phrase a Prayer for Peace, is forthcoming from Wildhouse Publishing in 2025. She lives in Los Angeles. Source