South Dakota Poet Laureate

Our current Poet Laureate is
Christine Stewart-Nunez (2019-2023).

Christine Stewart-Nuñez is a Professor of English at South Dakota State University, a Poet, and a Memoirist. She’s the author of four poetry books: Untrussed (University of New Mexico Press 2016), Bluewords Greening (Terrapin Books 2016), Keeping Them Alive (WordTech 2010), and Postcard on Parchment (ABZ Press 2008). Her work has appeared in Arts & Letters, North American Review, Prairie Schooner and Shenandoah among other magazines.

For more about her writing, her process, and her work as the Poet Laureate, check out her website.