Catherine Strisik

Catherine Strisik has been active in the writing community of Taos, New Mexico for twenty-five years as a teacher, mentor, and poetry group workshop leader. Her poems have been published in Northwest Review, 5AM, Sulphur River, Tusculum Review, and Peregrine (where she was awarded first place poetry prize), amongst other places. Her manuscript, Raw Silk, has placed finalist in many national contests, such as the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize, Cleveland State University Press, and the Sawtooth Poetry Prize. She was a 2005 fellowship recipient at the Vermont Studio Center and received a 2005 grant from The Puffin Foundation for her Pueblo Poetry Project. Southwest Literary Center chose Strisik as a recipient for their 2006 Discovery Award in poetry. She recently completed her second poetry selection, Between the Flesh and the Nail, poems about her Cambodian experience.