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Erin Marie Lynch is an artist and educator—her practice spans language, digital media, performance, and archival materials. Her book Removal Acts (Graywolf Press, October 2023) was a finalist for the John Pollard International Poetry Prize and the CALIBA Golden Poppy Award. Her poems appear in POETRY, New England Review, DIAGRAM, Narrative, Poetry Daily, Best New Poets, and other publications.
She has received awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Wurlitzer Foundation, Indigenous Nations Poets, and the Hugo House.
Born and raised in Oregon, she is a direct descendant of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (Ihánktoŋwan Dakota). She lives in Los Angeles.