Rachel J. Bennett is a poet living in New York City. Her debut full-length collection, Mothers & Other Fairytales, was published by Word Works Books in 2024. Other titles include On Rand McNally's World and Game, poetry chapbooks from dancing girl press. Over the years, her poems have been judged favorably by Gerald Stern, James Galvin, Dawn Lundy Martin, and Bob Hicok, among others.

Rachel's poems have appeared in Gigantic Sequins, LEVELER, Ninth Letter, Poetry Daily, Prelude, Rattle, Salt Hill, Sixth Finch, Smartish Pace, Sycamore Review, and Vinyl, among other journals. She holds a B.A. in English from Grinnell College and has studied at Trinity College Dublin through the University of Iowa’s Irish Writing Program and in Ecuador. She has given readings at 92nd Y, the Irish Writing Program through the University of Iowa, KGB Bar, Cornelia Street Café, the Brooklyn Art Book Fair, and elsewhere.

Rachel grew up on the Illinois-Iowa border. She loves forests and inclement weather.