Valerie Bacharach

Valerie Bacharach is a Pittsburgh-based poet and a graduate of Carlow University's MFA program. Her debut full-length collection, Last Glimpse, was published by Broadstone Books in 2024. Her poem 'Birthday Portrait, Son' appeared in Ilanot Review in 2023 and was later selected for Best Small Fictions 2023. Her work often deals with family, grief, and Jewish faith and history. She has two chapbooks, Ghost-Mother (2021) and Fireweed (2018).