Rachel Rear

Rachel Rear

Rachel Rear is a writer, teacher, editor, actor, and sometime aerialist living in Brooklyn, NY. She earned her BA at Rutgers University, her MA at Teachers College, Columbia University, and her MFA at The New School. She has been published in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, Crab Creek Review, Off The Coast Poetry Journal, and Ducts Webzine. Her first book, CATCH THE SPARROW, a true crime/memoir, is out now from Bloomsbury Publishing and Sphere UK.  Follow her on Twitter @RaeRear.​
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Publishers Weekly Starred Review!
Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle review!

Selected Works

Op-eds and Personal Essays:
LITERARY HUB
HOW ACTING IN TRUE CRIME SHOWS ALLOWED ME TO WRITE THE STORY OF MY STEPSISTER'S MURDER
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
​A SUN THAT ROSE IN THE WEST & SET IN THE EAST
THE WASHINGTON POST
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SHE'S MORE THAN MY HAIRSTYLIST—SHE'S A KINDRED SPIRIT
THE HUFFINGTON POST
​WHAT INVESTIGATING MY STEPSISTER'S MURDER TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIFE
THE SUNLIGHT PRESS
A PERSONAL AD UNANSWERED FOR TWENTY YEARS
MINE! A CELEBRATION OF LIBERTY AND FREEDOM FOR ALL BENEFITTING PLANNED PARENTHOOD
NOT ONE DEFINITION OF A WOMAN, ILLUSTRATED BY PHIL FOGLIO
​Plays:
HYDRA | CO-AUTHORED WITH JOHN P. MCENENY, PRODUCED BY PIPER THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
THE LIVING SERIES ONE-ACT FESTIVAL, JUNE 2010

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​Poetry:
CRAB CREEK REVIEW | DE MELKMEID BY JOHANNES VERMEER
WAXING AND WANING | LA PETITE DANSEUSE DE QUATORZE ANS
DUCTS WEBZINE  |  NATURAL HISTORY  |  QUARRY
POSTCARD POEMS & PROSE MAGAZINE | INTENSIVE CARE
OFF THE COAST | CROOKED AXIS - SUMMER 2016 ISSUE | 
Copywriting:
DENIMRUSH EXPERIENCE
20 CHALLENGING SCALE DRAWING ACTIVITIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
26 COMIC BOOKS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES
Podcast Appearances:
THE WRITERS' VOICE WITH FRANCESCA RHIANNON
WHAT TO READ NEXT
I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL WITH KEN KRANTZ AND CHIP CHANTRY

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