Published Works

Edward Nudelman’s full-length poetry collections include: Thin Places (Salmon Poetry, 2025), Nonlinear Equations for Growing Better Olive Trees (Kelsey Books, 2023), Out of Time, Running (Harbor Mountain, 2014); What Looks Like an Elephant (Lummox Press, 2011), and Night Fires (Pudding House, 2009). Poems have appeared in (and not limited to): Rattle, Cortland Review, Valparaiso Review, Chiron Review, Evergreen Review, Floating Bridge, Plainsongs, Penwood Review, Poets and Artists, and many more. Awards include: finalist in the 2019 Atlanta Review International Poetry Contest, honorable mention in the 2019 Passager Poetry Contest, Second Place for the Indie Lit Awards Book of the Year (What Looks Like an Elephant), semifinalist for the Journal Award, OSU Press (Night Fires), and a Pushcart nomination. Born in Seattle, Nudelman is a recently retired cancer research scientist, and owns/operates a rare bookshop (est. 1980) where he lives in Seattle, with his wife, dog, and five ducks