Eleni Sikelianos

Eleni Sikelianos is the author of six books of poetry, most recently "The Loving Detail of the Living and the Dead" and "The California Poem," which was a Barnes & Noble Best of the Year, as well as hybrid memoirs, "The Book of Jon" and "You Animal Machine (The Golden Greek)." Sikelianos teaches in and directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Denver. A California native, longtime New Yorker, and world traveler, she now lives in Boulder with her husband, the novelist Laird Hunt,...See more

Eleni Sikelianos is the author of six books of poetry, most recently "The Loving Detail of the Living and the Dead" and "The California Poem," which was a Barnes & Noble Best of the Year, as well as hybrid memoirs, "The Book of Jon" and "You Animal Machine (The Golden Greek)." Sikelianos teaches in and directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Denver. A California native, longtime New Yorker, and world traveler, she now lives in Boulder with her husband, the novelist Laird Hunt, and their daughter, Eva Grace. See less