Rachel Z. Arndt

I’m a writer and strategist living in Chicago.


I write essays and poetry about culture, language, fitness, and myself. I build programs and teams to turn strategy into action.

My debut essay collection, Beyond Measure, came out from Sarabande in 2018. I received MFAs from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program and a BA in creative writing and Spanish from Brown University.