Anne Marie Macari is a poet & essayist living and working in New York.
Her new book, AMERIGUN, is available March 24, 2026.
“In the deep currents of a river, or the shadows of great trees, there’s another world, there’s a heaven, unknowable, in the muck, alive and with us, not distant or abstract. Macari’s poems are rooted in the primordial, the elemental, and the communal.”
“Using music as an essential force, as the conductor, and meditating on the deep lyric, Anne Marie Macari's poems summon mystery, energy, and a longing to enter, to touch, our heaven beneath.”
“…when we as humans connect to the past, to living beings, we form bridges to ourselves.”
–Cindy Snow on RED DEER
EVENTS
Coming Soon: Amerigun
In Amerigun, a stunning collection of loss and rediscovery, poet Anne Marie Macari revisits her brother Edward’s long-ago death by a self-inflicted gunshot.
Experience
Engage with Anne Marie reading from a sampling of her extraordinary work. Her voice evokes the singularity of her creative vision and artistry.
AWP 2008
Anne Marie reads for The Cortland Review at AWP in 2008.
Academy of American Poets
Listen to Macari read “Everglades".”
Heaven Beneath Book Trailer
Macari reads an excerpt from HEAVEN BENEATH.