Poetry Book Launch - "The Mistress" by Catherine Strisik
Catherine Strisik is an American poet, and author of most recently, "The Mistress," (3: A Taos Press, 2016). She is the author of "Thousand-Cricket Song," (2010; 2nd edition, 2016 Plain View Press), and a manuscript-in-progress, "pitchfork." Active in the Taos poetry community for over 33 years, Strisik’s poems appear in "Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion," "Drunken Boat," "Connotation Press: An Online Artifact," "Kaleidoscope," "Tusculum Review," and elsewhere, and have been translated into Persian. Strisik has received grants, honors and prizes from "CutThroat," "Peregrine," and "Comstock Review," The Southwest Literary Center, The Puffin Foundation, as well as residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Truchas Peaks Place, and Christ in the Desert Monastery.