About
Richelle Lee Slota (formerly known as Richard) writes poetry, novels, and plays. She is an Army vet. Her poetry chapbook is Famous Michael, her novel, Stray Son. Her non-fiction book is Captive Market: Commercial Kidnapping Stories From Nigeria. Her poems have appeared in such publications as Caveat Lector, Quercus, Rogue Agent, Pratik, One Act, Blue Buildings, engine(idling, Yellow Mama, and Yellow Silk. She lives in San Francisco. She is a Meter Mentor to women learning meter on Annie Finch’s online community, Poetry Witchery Community. Twitter: @SlotaSI77902, Facebook.
Featured Work
Letters to My Dead Name
In Letters to My Dead Name, Richelle Slota both grieves and celebrates the death of a mother, a gender and a way of being. Her stunningly visceral takes on the traditional nostalgia poem will have you enraptured by her embodiment of rhythm and her emotional honesty. Slota's poetry is the perfect marriage of love song and fuck you.
––Jennifer Schomburg Kanke, author of The Swellest Wife Anyone Ever Had
Other Works
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Stray Son
2016
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Famous Michael, a Poetry Chapbook
1988
Awards and Recognition
- The Brownian Society Dramatic Monologue Award
