Liz Minette

Poet

Esko, MN
Minnesota US

Author's Bio

Liz Minette lives in northern Minnesota, the ancestral and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabe and Dakota.  She's been writing poetry for a while.

Some recents for Liz and her poems are being selected for a Writers Residency at Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, Minnesota; participating in a poetry co-hort / master class with poet Tim Z. Hernandez for Tucson Festival of Books, 2024 ~ participating in a poetry co-hort / master class with poet Felicia Zamora for Tucson Festival of Books, 2021 ~ reading and participating at Houston Poetry Fest 2017 and 2018, Houston, Texas ~ workshopping, writing and reading with Winter Tangerine at Poets House in New York City, 2018 ~ being published in numerous lit journals such as Abbey, Blue Collar Review, The Thunderbird Review (which is published out of Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College just down the street where Liz lives) ~ other journals:  Gargoyle, Chiron Review, Abbey, Nerve Cowboy, Caveat Lector, Calyx - A Journal of Arts & Literature by Women, Poetry Victims, Main Channel Voices, once published out of Winona, Minnesota where Liz went to college.

Liz works at a community access television station in Duluth, Minnesota and dj's for The Women's Music Program on The North 103.3 FM in Duluth.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Houston Poetry Fest (Houston Poetry Festival, 2018)
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Houston Poetry Fest (Houston Poetry Festival, 2017)
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Pressure Press Presents (GOSS183::CASA MENENDEZ, 2014)
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Migrations - Poetry & Prose for Life's Transitions (Wildwood Press, 2011)
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What Light: a poetry anthology from mnartists.org (mnartists.org, 2007)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Delta Eddy, Rachel McKibbens, Danez Smith, Joy Harjo, Tommy Pico, Alice Walker, Hanif Abdurraqib, Morgan Parker, Carmen Maria Machado, Toni Morrison, Natalie Diaz, Natalie Goldberg
What I'm reading now: 
All That She Carried - The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles, African American Poetry - 250 Years of Struggle & Song by Kevin Young, editor

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Duluth, MN
Minnesota
Raised in: 
Esko, MN
Minnesota
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Last update: May 16, 2024