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Rachel Wiley is a poet, performer and body positive activist from Columbus, Ohio.
Rachel has competed in multiple National Poetry Slam Competitions and was a finalist twice in 2011. She has toured nationally performing at Slam Venues, Colleges and Festivals including the 2014 Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark, NJ. (Read Her Festival Write Up Here )
Her work has been featured by the Huffington Post ,Everyday Feminism ,Frigg Magazine, Drunken Boat, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, Nailed Magazine and PBS NewsHour
Rachel's first full length collection of poems Fat Girl Finishing School was published on Timber Mouse Press in 2014.
Her newest collection, Nothing Is Okay, is being published by Button Poetry in March of 2018.
Rachel has competed in multiple National Poetry Slam Competitions and was a finalist twice in 2011. She has toured nationally performing at Slam Venues, Colleges and Festivals including the 2014 Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark, NJ. (Read Her Festival Write Up Here )
Her work has been featured by the Huffington Post ,Everyday Feminism ,Frigg Magazine, Drunken Boat, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, Nailed Magazine and PBS NewsHour
Rachel's first full length collection of poems Fat Girl Finishing School was published on Timber Mouse Press in 2014.
Her newest collection, Nothing Is Okay, is being published by Button Poetry in March of 2018.