Instructor

Erin, Bainbridge Island poet laureate for 2026-27, is the author of Site of Disappearance, a finalist for the National Poetry Series (Ornithopter Press, 2023), Hover (Tebot Bach, 2015), and the chapbook What Sound Does It Make (Concrete Wolf, 2008). Born in New Mexico and raised in Nebraska and Colorado, she earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. For many years, she’s taught in community spaces as well as at elementary schools and universities. Former editor of Poetry Northwest, Erin’s honors include the Coniston Prize from Radar Poetry and the Robert Creeley Memorial Prize from Marsh Hawk Press. She has received grants and fellowships from Washington State Artist Trust, 4Culture, Jack Straw, and the Colorado Council on the Arts; and residency support from Kimmel-Harding Nelson Center, The Anderson Center, Ucross, Jentel, and Monson Arts. Her poems have appeared in Epoch, FIELD, New Ohio Review, Salamander, Cimarron, Beloit Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. She lives on Bainbridge Island and is married to novelist Shawn Wong.