About the Instructor/Moderator

Erin Belieu is the author of numerous poetry collections, all from Copper Canyon Press, including her most recent book COME-HITHER HONEYCOMB (2021). Her poems have appeared in places such as Poetry, the New Yorker, the New York Times, American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, Narrative, and the Academy of American Poets' Poem-A-Day, as well as multiple appearances in the Best American Poetry anthology series. Among her literary honors, Belieu has received a Rona Jaffe Fellowship, Barnes and Noble's Writers For Writers Award and AWP's George Garrett Prize for outstanding leadership and mentorship within the national writing community. Belieu teaches full-time in the University of Houston MFA/Ph.D. Program in Creative Writing, as well as on the Lesley MFA low residency faculty in Cambridge, MA.

Accessibility Information

Their work is regularly exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of over 60 museums. Over the past fifteen years, they have built a sustainable career as a visual artist and have extensive experience working with museums, galleries, universities and nonprofit organizations, publishers, and press outlets. In addition to their own creative work, they are passionate about sharing the professional knowledge they’ve acquired throughout their career with other artists.