Hi! I’m Alysse. I’m a writer, Associate Editor of Pilgrimage Magazine, and Associate Professor of English at Colorado Mountain College. 

FishWife

a woman who sells fish : a rough & rude woman : a vulgar, abusive woman : a course-mannered woman who is prone to shouting : also a full-length poetry collection published by Black Lawrence Press. Click here to read three poems and a little about the writing of the book.

press

Interview with Kathryn Winograd for The Colorado Poet, Issue #41.

“Whole-ass one thing”: interview with Emily Mohn-Slate

Interview with Rena J. Mosteirin of Left Bank Books

Ripple Map: Interview with Lauren K. Carlson of Tinderbox Poetry Journal

events

Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College Alum Reading Series, January 9 2025.

Texas Launch at Basket Books & Art in Houston, November 7 2024.

The DMQ Virtual Salon, October 2024.

CSU-Pueblo SoCo Reading Series, October 10 2024.

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Colorado Authors at the Bookworm, April 11 2024.

Trish Hopkinson Book Launch at Lithic Bookstore & Gallery, March 24 2024.

Fishwife playlist on spotify

Pentimento

Pentimento is an alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist changed her mind as to the composition during the process of painting. Pentimento is Italian for repentance; it’s also a chapbook available from Gold Line Press.

Elsewhere

• Author page at Black Lawrence Press

• Interview on WYCE Electric Poetry

• Contributor Spotlight interview at Midwestern Gothic

• Profile at Poets & Writers

• Profile at Colorado Poets Center

• Profile at Smith College Alumnae Poets