Betsy Fagin is the author of self-driving, chosen by Kazim Ali as winner of the 2024 Autumn House Poetry Prize, Fires Seen From Space (Winter Editions), All is Not Yet Lost (Belladonna), and Names Disguised (Make Now Books). Her work has received support from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Provincetown Community Compact, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.
A longtime meditation and dharma practitioner, 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 sense-making through engagement with symbolic realms, exploration of ritual, metaphor and sacred sound. She works as a librarian and a meditation teacher in New York City, helping people navigate complexity.