Elyse Fenton is the author of the poetry collections CLAMOR, winner of the 2010 University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize, and SWEET INSURGENT (Saturnalia 2017), winner of the Alice Fay di Castagnola Prize. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Best New Poets, American Poetry Review, Pleiades, Brain, Child, and Prairie Schooner, and has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and PRI's The World.