Martha Ronk

Martha Ronk has published thirteen books of poetry, most recently Clay: Bodies + Matter (Omnidawn, 2025) about working on the potter’s wheel. Her collection Transfer of Qualities (Omnidawn, 2013) was longlisted for the National Book Award; another collection, Vertigo (Coffee House, 2007), was a National Poetry Series publication, and her poems were included in Wesleyan University Press’s North American Women Poets in the 21st Century. She is retired from Occidental College.