Ann Van Buren

Ann Van Buren lives in the Hudson River Valley, New York, where she works as a poet, educator, and activist. She is a graduate of Columbia University and holds a master’s degree in writing from New York University. She teaches poetry workshops in the U.S. and Europe. Ann’s work has been published by The Westchester Review, The Blue Door Gallery, THE, Santa Fe’s monthly magazine, and other journals. Her poetry book reviews can be found in The Rumpus.

  • Site Specific: New & Selected Poems by Elaine Sexton reviewed by Ann Van Buren

    It is not often that a poet’s body of work merits a retrospective collection. Elaine Sexton’s does.
    Plume Issue #168 August 2025
  • Joan Houlihan, interview and poems from “It Isn’t a Ghost if it Lives in Your Chest” with Ann van Buren

    This interview with Ann van Buren was conducted via Zoom and through e-mail, several months after the publication of It…

    Issue #133 September 2022