Zolf, Rachel

Rachel Zolf is an alias for a writer with several past identities, including: bartender, documentary producer, office cleaner, sax player, crisis worker, corporate copy hack, university dropout, Toronto Year 2003 West Nile Virus Case #22, activist, analysand and shortstop. The title long poem from Zolf's first book, "Her absence, this wanderer", was a finalist for the CBC Literary Competition. She lives in Toronto, and also serves as poetry editor for "The Walrus" magazine. "Masque" is her second book.