Lee Ann Roripaugh (she/they) is a biracial Nisei and the author of five volumes of poetry, most recently tsunami vs. the fukushima 50 (Milkweed Editions, 2019), which was named a "Best Book of 2019" by the New York Public Library, selected as a poetry Finalist in the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards, cited as a Society of Midland Authors 2020 Honoree in Poetry, and was named one of the "50 Must-Read Poetry Collections in 2019" by Book Riot. Her collection of fiction, Reveal Codes, was selected as winner of the Moon City Press Short Fiction Award and published by Moon City Press in late 2023, and their chapbook, #stringofbeads, a winner in the Diode Editions Chapbook Competition, was released from Diode Press in 2023. She was named winner of the Association of Asian American Studies Book Award in Poetry/Prose for 2004, and a 1998 winner of the National Poetry Series. The South Dakota State Poet Laureate from 2015-2019, Roripaugh is a Professor of English at the University of South Dakota, where they serve as Editor-in-Chief of South Dakota Review.

Other poems by Lee Ann Roripaugh in Verse Daily:
February 6, 2022:   "Currency: A Mapping / Jishin-no-ben" "What you don't want is for your mother to feel lonely..."
September 12, 2014:   "Inquiline" "Like this: Timultuous summer mating. Sizzle of sex-intoxicated..."
December 8, 2009:   "Bioluminescence" "The eggs burn softly..."
January 23, 2004:  "Hope" "There are nights I dream of goldfish..."

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Other poems on the web by Lee Ann Roripaugh:
Three poems
"Aubade: A Mapping/ Jishin-No-Ben"
Three poems
Two poems
Three poems
Two poems
Two poems
Two poems
"Things that Leave an Aching Feeling Inside"
"#klonopinsongs #ativancan #string of beads"

Lee Ann Roripaugh on Twitter.