is a poet and a teacher.
Paula Cisewski's second poetry collection, Ghost Fargo, was selected by Franz Wright for the Nightboat Poetry Prize. She is also the author of Upon Arrival (Black Ocean), of the chapbooks How Birds Work and Two Museums, and the co-author, with Mathias Svalina, of Or Else What Asked the Flame. A liberal arts instructor and a Jerome Grant recipient, Paula worked in warehouses, was an artist mentor with Minneapolis teens, owned a coffee shop, and waited one million tables while raising her son and earning her BA from St. Catherine's University and her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her poems appear regularly in literary magazines such as A Handsome Journal; H_NGM_N; Forklift, OH; failbetter; Everyday Genuis; The Jet Fuel Review; We Are So Happy to Know Something; BOMB; and REVOLUTIONesque.
Photo: D.J Dolack
Photo: D.J Dolack
