Elena Karina Byrne

Elena Karina Byrne is a poet, visual artist, teacher and editor. Her poem "Irregular Masks" was featured in The Best American Poetry 2005 and her poem "Berryman's Concordance Against This Silence" received a Pushcart Prize in 2008 for which she has been nominated eleven times.

Elena Karina Byrne
NationalityAmerican
Genrepoetry

She was a regional director of the Poetry Society of America for twelve years.[1] Byrne has curated poetry readings at the Ruskin Art Club in Los Angeles, and at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Her work has appeared in The Paris Review.[2][3]

She is the daughter of American artist Herbert Jepson.

Books

  • The Flammable Bird Lincoln, Neb. : Zoo Press : 2002. ISBN 9780970817785, OCLC 50339320
  • Masque Dorset, Vt. : Tupelo Press, 2008. ISBN 9781932195576, OCLC 156819050
  • Squander, Richmond, California : Omnidawn Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9781632430229, OCLC 945648898
  • The Fable Language (forthcoming)[4]
  • Voyeur Hour (forthcoming)[5]
  • Beautiful Insignificance (forthcoming)[6]

References

  1. About.com:Poetry
  2. Byrne, Elena Karina (2003). "Two Poems". Vol. Winter 2003, no. 168. ISSN 0031-2037. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  3. Byrne, Elena Karina (2000). "Sanctuary of Hunger". Vol. Winter 2000, no. 157. ISSN 0031-2037. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  4. Author bio at Tupelo Press
  5. Author bio at Diode online magazine
  6. Author bio at Diode online magazine


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