Ruth Madievsky

Ruth Madievsky

About Ruth Madievsky

Ruth Madievsky is an american poet originally from Moldova. She is the author of a poetry collection 'Emergency Brake' which was named Tavern Books’ 2015 Wrolstad Contemporary Poetry Series selection and was published in February 2016. She currently lives in Los Angeles. She was a 2014 finalist in The Paris-American’s Reading Series Contest, judged by Marie Howe, and in Tupelo Quarterly’s TQ5 Poetry Contest, judged by Amaud Jamaul Johnson. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in ZYZZYVA, Harpur Palate, RHINO, and elsewhere. She’s a chapbook reader for Gold Line Press, a doctoral student at The University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, and a research assistant at an HIV clinic specializing in maternal care in Downtown Los Angeles.
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