Catherine Strisik, poet, teacher, editor, Taos, New Mexico’s Poet Laureate 2020-2021; recipient of Taoseña Award as Woman of Impact based on literary contribution; is author of Insectum Gravitis (Main Street Rag, 2019; finalist New Mexico/AZ Book Award in Poetry 2020); The Mistress (3: A Taos Press, 2016; awarded New Mexico/AZ Book Award for Poetry 2017); Thousand-Cricket Song (Plain View Press 2010, 2nd edition 2016); Goat, Goddess, Moon forthcoming in October 2025 from Holy Cow! Press; manuscript: Dear Unholy: (finalist: Two Sylvia’s Press & Elixir Press). She is co-founder and editor of Taos Journal of Poetry, on advisory board of Pocket Samovar, is a Pushcart nominee, has held private poetry workshops in Crete and nationally, and has over 30 years of publications with poetry translated into Greek, Persian, and Bulgarian. Strisik, who has lived in Taos for over 40 years, offers editorial services, private consultations, small group poetry workshops, and poetry readings.     https://www.cathystrisik.com