Welcome! / Heid E. Erdrich

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Heid E. Erdrich is the author of five collections of poetry including her BRAND NEW Curator of Ephemera at the New Museum for Archaic Media from Michigan State University Press. Her recent non-fiction work is Original Local: Indigenous Foods, Stories and Recipes. Heid’s writing has won numerous awards as have her collaborative poem films, which you can see on her Vimeo channel. Her virtual gallery is www.agencyapophany.com Heid grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota and is Ojibwe enrolled at Turtle Mountain. She teaches in the low-residency MFA Creative Writing program of Augsburg College.

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photo by Chris Felver

News from Heid:

I am happy to announce the publication of my new poetry book Curator of Ephemera at the New Museum for Archaic Media available from Michigan State University Press. You can buy signed copies via Birchbark Books. The book contains the fantastic artwork of Andrea Carlson, and QR Codes that link to poem films, including a few new ones in collaboration with Jonathan Thunder.

Here are a couple poems from the collection that were published recently:

TWO EKPHRASTIC POEMS BY HEID E. ERDRICH — on artwork by Andrea Carlson and Jim Denomie who graciously shared their images.

WINNER WINNER! — after applying for 20 years in two categories, I’ve finally won a Loft-McKnight Award. People ask me what I’ll do with the prize and my answer is that I will WRITE. I am buying time with the award. That in itself is an enormous relief for which I am, daily, grateful.

Heid E. Erdrich is fiscal year 2016 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.