Catherine Strisik, Taos Poet Laureate 2020-2022; author of Insectum Gravitis (2019); The Mistress, New Mexico/AZ Book Award for Poetry 2017 (2016); Thousand-Cricket Song (2010, 2nd printing, 2016); co-founder Taos Journal of International Poetry & Art; nominated for a Pushcart Prize; numerous publications include Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Drunken Boat, Connotation Press: An Online Artifact, Tusculum Review, Poet Lore; teaches poetry workshops in northern New Mexico.

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