Betsy Fagin is the author of All is Not Yet Lost (Belladonna, 2015), Names Disguised (Make Now Books, 2014), and a number of chapbooks including “Resistance is beautiful” (therethen, 2019), “Belief Opportunity” (Big Game Books, 2008) and “For every solution there is a problem” (Open 24 Hours, 2003) among others. From 2015-2017 she served as the editor of the Poetry Project Newsletter in New York City. She has received fellowships and awards from the American Library Association, Library Journal, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and NYSCA/NYFA. She works as a librarian, meditation teacher and guide helping people navigate complexity.
A longtime meditation practitioner, Betsy Fagin is a qualified teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction through the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Betsy’s path and offerings are centered on developing resource for the work of social justice and collective liberation. Betsy supports people with practical tools for living and sensemaking through engagement with symbolic realms, exploration of ritual, the imaginal, metaphor and sacred sound.