Stellasue Lee

Stellasue Lee received her Ph.D. in English Literature from Honolulu University. She is Editor Emeritus and founding poetry editor of RATTLE. Two of her books have been entrants for the Pulitzer Prize: Firecracker Red, a powerful collection of poems set squarely in the earth; and Crossing The Double Yellow Line, a journey of sharp turns and hair-pin curves. Her work has appeared in three additional volumes: After I Fall, a collection of four Los Angeles poets; Over To You, an exchange of poems with David Widup; and 13 Los Angeles Poets, the ONTHEBUS Poets Series Number One (Bombshelter Press). Lee’s New & Selected Poems, Queen of Jacks was released early 2020. In 2013, she won the Malaysian Al Falah grand prize, “Poetry To Aide Humanity.” Her work has been published in numerous literary journals, including the Paterson Review, the Connecticut Review, Margie, and The American Poetry Review. As a lecturer and teacher, she conducts workshops throughout the United States, and teaches privately. She was born in the year of the dragon.