Linda Aldrich

Linda Aldrich has published three collections of poetry, Foothold (2008), March and Mad Women (2012), and Ballast (2021).  She served as Portland's Poet Laureate from 2018 to 21.

She received an MFA from Vermont College and has been published in numerous journals and anthologies.  She was awarded a Hewnoaks Residency Fellowship and the Emily Dickinson Award from Universities West Press for her poem “The Woman without Arms.”  Before becoming a poet, Linda was the director of the Young Conservatory and a member of the repertory of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and later was Associate Professor of English and Humanities at Aims Community College in Colorado.

More recently, Linda has taught English and writing classes at Keene State College, York County Community College, and Southern Maine Community College.

She lives in Portland.