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Pollack currently teaches creative writing at [[Goddard College]]. Her most recent work is included in the anthology called ''Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing'' edited by Theodora Gross. |
Pollack currently teaches creative writing at [[Goddard College]]. Her most recent work is included in the anthology called ''Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing'' edited by Theodora Gross. |
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Pollack is a [[transwoman|transsexual woman]]. She had [[sex reassignment surgery]] in 1979. The plastic surgeon Dr. Lamaker performed the sex reassignment surgery on Pollack. Pollack has mentioned her gratitude to Lamaker for castrating her and removing her penis in several articles and interviews. After receiving the sex change, Pollack said the prayer: Blessed are you God who made me not a woman. Double blessed is Dr. Lamaker for having done so'. This autobiographical quote is also used in her mystery novel 'A Secret Woman." |
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Pollack is a [[transwoman|transsexual woman]]. She had [[sex reassignment surgery]] in 1979. |
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Pollack was raised an Orthoodox Jew. She still considers herself Jewish, but does not practice Orthodox Judaism. She had her adult Bat Mitzvah in the late nineties at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation in Woodstock, NY. Those attending included noted transsexual writer Kate Bornstein. Rachel Pollack loves animals and lives with a beautiful dog named 'Wonder Girl'. Rachel is a noted gourmet chef and makes many dishes with anchovy. |
Pollack was raised an Orthoodox Jew. She still considers herself Jewish, but does not practice Orthodox Judaism. She had her adult Bat Mitzvah in the late nineties at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation in Woodstock, NY. Those attending included noted transsexual writer Kate Bornstein. Rachel Pollack loves animals and lives with a beautiful dog named 'Wonder Girl'. Rachel is a noted gourmet chef and makes many dishes with anchovy. |
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Rachel Pollack (born Richard Pollack in 1945) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot. Her book 78 Degrees of Wisdom is considered one of the best texts on tarot reading[citation needed], and she has created her own tarot deck called "Shining Woman Tarot," which was later updated and renamed "Shining Tribe Tarot." She also aided in the creation of the "Vertigo Tarot Deck", and wrote a book specifically to accompany it.
She is best known for her run on the comic book Doom Patrol, on DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, which became a cult favorite under Grant Morrison. Legend has it Pollack was assigned to write the series after writing persistent letters to the editor, and in she dealt with such rarely addressed comic-book topics as menstruation, sexual identity, and transsexuality. Pollack's run ended two years later, with the book's cancellation.
She also wrote for DC's New Gods, Brother Power the Geek, Tomahawk, and Time Breakers, and for many Vertigo miniseries. Her book The Body Of The Goddess is an exploration of the history of the Goddess. Rachel Pollack uses the image of the Goddess in many of her works.
Her science-fiction novels explore worlds imbued with elements pulled from a number of traditions, faiths, and religions.
Personal biography
Pollack currently teaches creative writing at Goddard College. Her most recent work is included in the anthology called Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing edited by Theodora Gross.
Pollack is a transsexual woman. She had sex reassignment surgery in 1979. The plastic surgeon Dr. Lamaker performed the sex reassignment surgery on Pollack. Pollack has mentioned her gratitude to Lamaker for castrating her and removing her penis in several articles and interviews. After receiving the sex change, Pollack said the prayer: Blessed are you God who made me not a woman. Double blessed is Dr. Lamaker for having done so'. This autobiographical quote is also used in her mystery novel 'A Secret Woman."
Pollack was raised an Orthoodox Jew. She still considers herself Jewish, but does not practice Orthodox Judaism. She had her adult Bat Mitzvah in the late nineties at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation in Woodstock, NY. Those attending included noted transsexual writer Kate Bornstein. Rachel Pollack loves animals and lives with a beautiful dog named 'Wonder Girl'. Rachel is a noted gourmet chef and makes many dishes with anchovy.
Awards
- 1997 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel winner for Godmother Night
- 1994 Nebula Award for Best Novel nominee for Temporary Agency
- 1989 Arthur C. Clarke Award winner for Unquenchable Fire