"The poet's writing concerns her search for self by recalling her Grecian heritage, through specific places and ancestors, living and passed on"--
Catherine Strisik, poet, teacher, editor is author of The Mistress (3: A Taos Press, 2016, awarded New Mexico/AZ Book Award for Poetry 2017); Thousand-Cricket Song (Plain View Press, 2010, second edition 2016); and chapbook: Insectum Gravitis (Main Street Rag, 2019, finalist New Mexico/AZ Book Award 2020). She is co-founder and editor of Taos Journal of Poetry, was Taos, New Mexico's Poet Laureate 2020- 2021, as well as the recipient of a Taoseña Award as Woman of Impact for literary contribution in northern N.M. Strisik is a Pushcart nominee with over 30 years of publications with poetry translated into Greek, Persian, and Bulgarian. She offers editorial consultations for essayists and poets and facilitates both private and small group poetry workshops. Currently she divides her time between Cape Ann, MA and Taos, New Mexico where she has lived for over 40 years
