About

Emily Skaja is the author of BRUTE, winner of the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, and BLACK LAKE, forthcoming from Graywolf in September 2026. Her poems appear in American Poetry Review, The Nation, and Poetry. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts, and she is the founding editor of the Poetry Prompt Generator, an online resource for poets and educators. She was educated at Millikin University (BA), Temple University (MA), Purdue University (MFA), and the University of Cincinnati (PhD), and is now an Associate Professor in the MFA program at the University of Memphis.

Name Pronunciation: EH-ma-lee SKAY-jah