Erin Belieu is the author of six poetry collections, all from Copper Canyon Press, including her forthcoming Cocklebur: New and Selected Poems (2026). New work included in the collection has appeared in Poetry, Copper Nickel, Ploughshares, and On The Seawall. She is recently recipient of the Mari Sandoz Award, given to Nebraska writers who've made "significant and enduring contributions" to the state and country's literature. Belieu is on the creative writing faculty at University of Houston and the Holy Family University low residency MFA in Philadelphia.