Background
Moriarty was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, grew up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and has lived in Northern California since 1966.
Moriarty was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, grew up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and has lived in Northern California since 1966.
She attended Sacramento State University and the University of California at Berkeley in the 70s.
Moriarty was the Archives Director for the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University from 1986-1997. She has also been awarded a Gerbode Foundation grant, a residency at the Foundation Royaumont in France, a New Langton Arts Award in Literature and a grant from the Fund for Poetry. Moriarty has taught at Mills College, and Naropa University, among other places, and is currently deputy director of Small Press Distribution in Berkeley, California.