bio
Olivia Muenz is the author of poetry collection I Feel Fine (Switchback Books, 2023), which won the 2022 Gatewood Prize, and chapbook Where Was I Again (Essay Press, 2022). She received a BA from New York University and an MFA in creative writing from Louisiana State University where she won the Robert Penn Warren Thesis Award in prose. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New England Review, The Missouri Review, Poetry Daily, Michigan Quarterly Review, Gulf Coast, Conduit, Black Warrior Review, Pleaides, Massachusetts Review, Denver Quarterly, and elsewhere, including being listed as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2023. Her writing has been supported by the Tin House Summer Workshop, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, and Zoeglossia. She spends her time between Philadelphia and the Hudson Valley.
She is also the founder of Locution Publicity, an arts and literary pr firm specializing in small press books and tours, as well as a freelance writer and communications specialist. She’s a former publicist at PR firm Nasty Little Man, where she represented artists like Paul McCartney, U2, Radiohead, David Bowie, LCD Soundsystem, and Foo Fighters and secured coverage across broadcast, podcast, radio, and television, including The New York Times, CNN, Vogue, New Yorker, Variety, and Los Angeles Times. She has also worked in copywriting, content management, and event management for arts organizations like The Town Hall and 92Y and for artists like Arlene Shechet.
She’s currently accepting new clients for literary publicity and other work. Learn more here.
