Lisa Olstein

Lisa Olstein is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Late Empire (Copper Canyon Press, 2017), and a book- length lyric essay, Pain Studies (Bellevue Literary Press, 2020). Dream Apartment, her fifth book of poems, is forthcoming in 2023. Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Lannan Literary Residency, Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, Pushcart Prize, and Hayden Carruth Award, she is a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches in the New Writers...See more

Lisa Olstein is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Late Empire (Copper Canyon Press, 2017), and a book- length lyric essay, Pain Studies (Bellevue Literary Press, 2020). Dream Apartment, her fifth book of poems, is forthcoming in 2023. Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Lannan Literary Residency, Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, Pushcart Prize, and Hayden Carruth Award, she is a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches in the New Writers Project and Michener Center for Writers MFA programs. See less