Rachel Basch

Rachel Basch is the author of three novels: The Listener, a finalist for a Firecracker Award from the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses; The Passion of Reverend Nash, named one of the five best novels of 2003 by The Christian Science Monitor; and Degrees of Love, a selection of The Hartford Courant’s Book Club. Basch has reviewed books for The Washington Post Book World, and her nonfiction has appeared in n+1, Salon, and other journals. Her play How-To was presented by The North Shore Readers Theater. For more than thirty-five years, she taught creative writing on the undergraduate and graduate level. She now works one-on-one with writers. (updated 2/2026)