Cassie Premo Steele is a lesbian, ecofeminist, mother, poet, novelist, and essayist whose writing focuses on the themes of trauma, healing, creativity, mindfulness and the environment. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the author of 18 books, including 7 books of poetry and 3 novels. Her poetry has been nominated 6 times for the Pushcart Prize. She was a Finalist for the Rita Dove Poetry Award judged by the current US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. She has also been awarded the John Edward Johnson Prize and the Carrie McCray Literary Award for Poetry. She is a recipient of the Archibald Rutledge Prize named after the first Poet Laureate of South Carolina, where she lives with her wife.
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Beaver Emerging, Photo by Ben Goldfarb, Author of Eager
"BEAVER GIRL offers an invitation to see our world and its many creatures as connected, reliant on each other, so that the world—and all of us—can thrive. There is no better time for this beautiful book.”
- Kate Hopper, Author of Ready for Air and Use Your Words
Cassie Premo Steele's new novel will be published as a collaboration between Outcast Press and Anxiety Press, two progressive, visionary and courageous publishers who are as fully committed as she is to sharing the story of how these climate change heroes can bring us and the planet back into balance in an increasingly dystopian world.
The release date is set for November 15, 2023.
- Kate Hopper, Author of Ready for Air and Use Your Words
Cassie Premo Steele's new novel will be published as a collaboration between Outcast Press and Anxiety Press, two progressive, visionary and courageous publishers who are as fully committed as she is to sharing the story of how these climate change heroes can bring us and the planet back into balance in an increasingly dystopian world.
The release date is set for November 15, 2023.
From 2009-2015, she wrote a monthly column called "Birthing the Mother Writer" for Literary Mama, named one of the 101 best websites for writers by Writers' Digest.
She has also blogged for The Huffington Post and Medium about work-life balance, politics, religion, love, and race, gender and sexuality.
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From 2009-2013, she hosted the The Co-Creating Show, a weekly podcast featuring creative inspiration and interviews with writers such as the US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and and creativity experts such as Laraine Herring and Eric Maisel.
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