Martha M. Zweig (born April 2, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American poet. Her most recent book is Snails of the Apocalypse (River River Books, 2026).
Life She was raised in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, where she attended the Quaker Moorestown Friends School. She earned her B.A. and an M.A.and a Hopwood Award from the University of Michigan; and an M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College. She lives in Hardwick, Vermont, She lives in Vermont where she worked ten years as an advocate for seniors, after ten years handling garments in a pajama factory where she served a term as International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) shop chair.
Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The Beloit Poetry Journal, Boston Review, Conduit, Field, Gettysburg Review, Indiana Review, The Journal, The Kenyon Review, Literary Imagination, Manoa, Notre Dame Review, New Orleans Review, The North American Review, Northwest Review, Paris Review, The Progressive, Willow Springs.Willow Springs ewu.edu
Honors and awards 1999 Whiting Award
Published works Full-Length Poetry Collections Snails of the Apocalypse. River River Books. 2026. ISBN 979-8-9926116-6-3. Get Lost. Dream Horse Press. 2020. ISBN 978-1935716402. Monkey Lightning. Tupelo Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-932195-82-8
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External links Profile at The Whiting Foundation Interview: Art One > Vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 1996 > Interview with Martha Zweig by Ruth Armstrong Poem: "Featured Poet: Martha Zweig", Perihelion Author Page: Tupelo Press > Martha Zweig Bio Poems: "Intelligence"; "Chain Letter"; "The Particulars"; "Bad Fish"; "Spared"; "The Fleet", Boston Review, 23.1 Poems: webdelsol (from Perihelion) > Poems by Martha Zweig > "Freshet"; "Outfit"; "Portrait"; "Untenable"; "Green Velvet"; "Brainwash"; "Midsummer Marital With Creosote Bush & Tattoo "; "Luminary"; "Cross-Country"; "Paternoster" Poems: "Provisions", Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2000 Poems: "Migraine", The Gettysburg Review, Spring 2001
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