Biography
Annaka Saari is a writer, teacher, editor, and administrator from Michigan. She received her BA from The University of Michigan in 2020 and her MFA from Boston University in 2021. She has taught Creative Writing for both undergraduate and high school students, and has facilitated writing workshops for incarcerated men and adults who identify as victims of sexual or domestic violence. She currently serves as the administrator for Boston University’s Creative Writing Program, the managing editor for Solstice Literary Magazine, a headline contributor for Reductress, and a poetry reader for The Los Angeles Review.
Annaka Saari is a writer, teacher, editor, and administrator from Michigan. She received her BA from The University of Michigan in 2020 and her MFA from Boston University in 2021. She has taught Creative Writing for both undergraduate and high school students, and has facilitated writing workshops for incarcerated men and adults who identify as victims of sexual or domestic violence. She currently serves as the administrator for Boston University’s Creative Writing Program, the managing editor for Solstice Literary Magazine, a headline contributor for Reductress, and a poetry reader for The Los Angeles Review.
Selected Writings
Poem
Pleiades
“During an argument my sister says at least I’m not fat”
Pleiades 43.2 Finalist for the Prufer Poetry Prize
Pleiades 43.2 Finalist for the Prufer Poetry Prize
PoemPeninsula Arts Magazine
“Beach, Lake Michigan”
Peninsula Arts Magazine Issue No. 1
Peninsula Arts Magazine Issue No. 1
Essay
68to05
“1975: Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan”Hanif Abdurraqib’s 68to05 project
Poetry and Interview
Poetry Wales
Poetry and Print
Exhibition at Boston University
“Downtown, I” and accompanying art prints (with Sakshi Doshi)Presented in spring of 2021 at a one-night exhibition hosted by Boston University’s College of Fine Arts’ Painting Program in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences’ Creative Writing Program
Medical ArticleAnnals of Surgery
“Patient Preferences in Cases of Inter-System Medical Error Discovery” (with Alexis Antunez, Jacquelyn Miller, and Lesly Dosset)
Annals of Surgery Volume 273 - Issue 3 - pages 516-522
Annals of Surgery Volume 273 - Issue 3 - pages 516-522
Poetry
Ghost City Review
“Applications Welcome”
Ghost City Review June 2018 Issue