Kristian Cordero

Kristian Cordero

Kristian Sendon Cordero (poet, fiction writer, essayist, translator, filmmaker; Naga City, Philippines) writes in Filipino, Bikol and Rinconada, and has translated Borges, Kafka, Wilde and Rilke to these languages. Two of his most recent poetry collections received...
Courtney Sina Meredith

Courtney Sina Meredith

Courtney Sina Meredith (1986–) is a poet, playwright, fiction writer and musician. Her play Rushing Dolls (2010) won a number of awards and was published by Playmarket in 2012. She launched her first book of poetry, Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipstick (Beatnik), at the...
Nikki Zielinski

Nikki Zielinski

Nikki Zielinski joins us in Sitka as the 2016 Rasmuson Foundation Artist in Residence at the Island Institute. Nikki’s poetry explores the ways in which experiences of violence, both overt and institutional, shape one’s perception of and interaction with their...
Anna Carson DeWitt

Anna Carson DeWitt

Anna Carson DeWitt is a writer and photographer from Durham, North Carolina. For the past decade, she has also served childbearing families as a birth doula in Washington DC, Honduras, and North Carolina. Anna holds an MFA in Creative Writing from American University....

Alice Crow and Ruby Hansen Murray

Our April 2015 Collaborative Residency features Alice Crow and Ruby Murray, who will be living and writing together for the month.                     An introduction from Ali:  I am Maar’aq~Alice Rose Crow. My family and friends also call me Ali (pronounced All-E or...