Alysse Gopalakrishnan, PhD

Associate Professor, English
970-569-2909 | agopalakrishnan@coloradomtn.edu
Pronouns: She/Her

Education

• PhD, English, Oklahoma State University
• MFA, Writing and Literature, Bennington College
• BA, Art History, Smith College

Awards

• Finalist, Antivenom Poetry Award, Elixir Press, March 2022
• Semi-Finalist, Perugia Press Prize, March 2022
• Finalist, Barrow Street Book Prize, Barrow Street Press, January 2022
• Semi-Finalist, 2021 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, Anhinga Press
• Semi-Finalist, Perugia Press Prize, March 2021
• Poetry Contest, So to Speak: feminist journal of language and art, 2020
• University & College Poetry Prize, Academy of American Poets, 2020, 2017

Publications

• FishWife, Black Lawrence Press, March 2024
• “Crown for Forgetting.” Grist, forthcoming
• “The Scientist.” Bombay Gin, forthcoming
• “Oven Spring.” North American Review, 307.1, Spring 2022
• “The [ ] Wife,” “He Who Finds a Wife Finds a Good Thing.” The Pinch, 41.2, Fall 2021
• Pentimento (chapbook), winner of the 2017 Gold Line Press Chapbook Competition, judged by Safiya Sinclair, March 2019

Professional Interests/Associations

• Associate Editor, Pilgrimage Magazine, 2015-Present
• Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Member, 2013-Present

Personal Interests

I love working with students to celebrate their curiosity and cultivate their inner writers and readers. My favorite writers are CAConrad, Ross Gay, Robin Coste Lewis, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Layli Long Solider, Ocean Vuong, Claudia Rankine, Audre Lorde, and Sylvia Plath, among many others.

Family

My husband and I celebrate the chaos our yellow lab and old cat bring into our lives, and look forward to growing our menagerie.