Catherine Strisik, poet, teacher, editor, Taos, New Mexico’s Poet Laureate 2020-2021; recipient of Taoseña Award as Woman of Impact based on literary contribution in northern New Mexico; is author of Insectum Gravitis (Main Street Rag, 2019; finalist New Mexico/AZ Book Award in Poetry 2020); The Mistress (3: A Taos Press, 2016; awarded New Mexico/AZ Book Award for Poetry 2017); Thousand-Cricket Song (Plain View Press 2010, 2nd edition 2016); manuscripts: Some Ichor Flowed: (finalist: Two Sylvia’s Press & Philip Levine Prize in Poetry); and, Dear Unholy: (finalist: Two Sylvia’s Press & Elixir Press). She is co-founder and editor of Taos Journal of Poetry, on advisory board of Pocket Samovar, is a Pushcart nominee, and has over 30 years of publications with poetry translated into Greek, Persian, and Bulgarian.
Strisik’s poems appear in Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Poet Lore, Drunken Boat, Ergon, Connotation Press: An Online Artifact, Kaleidoscope, Puerto del Sol, Tusculum Review, The Maynard, and elsewhere. She’s received grants, honors and prizes from CutThroat, Peregrine, and Comstock Review, The Southwest Literary Center, The Puffin Foundation, as well as residencies at Lakkos Artists, Crete, Vermont Studio Center, Community of Writers, Truchas Peaks Place amongst others. She’s held small private workshops in Crete, and offers editorial services, private consultations, and small group poetry workshops. Catherine currently divides her time between Taos, N.M. and Cape Ann, MA.
Strisik’s poems appear in Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Poet Lore, Drunken Boat, Ergon, Connotation Press: An Online Artifact, Kaleidoscope, Puerto del Sol, Tusculum Review, The Maynard, and elsewhere. She’s received grants, honors and prizes from CutThroat, Peregrine, and Comstock Review, The Southwest Literary Center, The Puffin Foundation, as well as residencies at Lakkos Artists, Crete, Vermont Studio Center, Community of Writers, Truchas Peaks Place amongst others. She’s held small private workshops in Crete, and offers editorial services, private consultations, and small group poetry workshops. Catherine currently divides her time between Taos, N.M. and Cape Ann, MA.
