Lee Ann Roripaugh

Lee Ann Roripaugh is a biracial Nisei and the author of five volumes of poetry, mostly recently tsunami vs. the fukushima 50, which was named a “Best Book of 2019” by the New York Public Library, selected as a poetry Finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards, cited as a Society of Midland Authors Honoree in Poetry, and was named one of the “50 Must-Read Poetry Collections in 2019” by Book Riot. 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 she serves as Editor-in-Chief of South Dakota Review.