ABOUT
Rachel Dillon is a writer, editor, and teacher from Massachusetts. She currently serves as Managing Editor at Ploughshares literary journal.
Rachel has served on the editorial and marketing teams of AGNI, The Adroit Journal, and the Los Angeles Review, and was formerly the Book Events and Programming Manager at Beacon Hill Books, an independent bookstore in Boston.
She holds an MFA in poetry from Boston University, as well as a Master of Arts in Teaching and Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Brandeis University. While completing her MFA, she was a teaching fellow in the Boston University Creative Writing department and a curriculum consultant for the Favorite Poem Project.
Rachel taught high school English Language Arts in NYC public schools and has worked as an adjunct professor for the Boston University Creative Writing department and Lehman College's Graduate School of Education. She has also taught creative writing workshops at Writopia Lab and the South Sudanese Enrichment for Families Bridges Program.
Photo by Lindsey Topham, 2024.