Ruth Traubner Kessler is an Israeli-American poet born in Poland. She is the author of the poetry collection The Country of Elsewheres (Broadstone Books, 2025), the chapbook Fire Ashes Wings, and over eighty poems in journals and anthologies, some with special honors. Her poems have been set to music, featured in concerts & festivals, and made into a limited-edition artist book. She is the recipient of NYSCA grants, NYFA award, and Yaddo, MacDowell, VCCA and VSC fellowships. Other writings include a short fiction collection, a children’s book, nonsense verse, and poetry translations. She lives in New York City.
