Meet Anne Haven McDonnell
Poet, Nature-lover, and
Naturalist-in-training
Anne Haven McDonnell, MA, MFA is a poet, professor, and nature lover who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. When she is not outside exploring wild places, Anne teaches creative writing and literature at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She has also taught several eco-poetry workshops with Orion Magazine. A recipient of a 2023 Creative Writing Poetry Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts, Anne is the author of two poetry books: Breath on a Coal (Middle Creek Press) and Living With Wolves (Split Rock Press). Her poems have earned awards from Narrative Magazine, Terrain.org, and the Gingko Ecopoetry Prize. Anne Haven’s work explores the connections between inner worlds and the living more-than-human world, and she is endlessly interested in ways we can deepen our seeing and connection to each other and to other creatures.