Lindsey Royce, Ph.D.

Lindsey Royce, Ph.D.

Professor, English
970-870-4435 | lroyce@coloradomtn.edu
Pronouns: She/Her


Location: Steamboat Springs
Office: Bristol 226

Education

• Ph.D., Creative Writing and Literature (concentration in Applied Linguistics), University of Houston
• M.A., English and American Literature Studies, New York University
• M.F.A., Creative Writing/Poetry, Brooklyn College
• B.S., Business Administration/Marketing, LaSalle College

Academic and Professional Pursuits

I am working on a fourth collection of poetry, which I plan to complete and publish. My latest poetry collection, The Book of John, was released in April of 2023 by Press 53. Read the The Book of John Kirkus review. My second collection, Play Me a Revolution, was released in September of 2019 by Press 53, and my first book, Bare Hands, came out in September of 2016 by Turning Point, an imprint of WordTech Communications.

Book Publications

• The Book of John, a poetry collection published by Press 53, Silver Concho Series, April 2023. The Book of John was a finalist in the Feathered Quill Book Award and received a strong Kirkus Review.
• Play Me a Revolution, a poetry collection, published by Press 53, Silver Concho Series, September 2019. Play Me a Revolution won second place in the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards.
• Bare Hands, a poetry collection published by Turning Point, an imprint of WordTech Communications, September, 2016

Translations

• Revista Poémame, Spain, published translations of new work
• Altazor journal, Chile, published translations of poems from The Book of John
• Kametsá journal, Peru, published translations of poems from The Book of John
• Read Carpet Columbia journal, Columbia, published translations of poems from The Book of John
• Canto Planetario Anthology, Nicaragua, published new work on the subject of climate change

Selected Book Reviews & Interviews

• Briar Haus Writes (interview by Becky Parker)
• The Book of John (book review by Pamela Jody Stewart)
• The Book of John (interview for The Poetry Saloncast)
• The Book of John (interview for Big Table Publishing)
• The Book of John, 2023 (panel discussion by Radha Marcum)
• The Book of John, 2023 (book review by Brian Volck)
• The Book of John, 2023 (interview by Radha Marcum)
• The Book of John, 2023 (book review by Lauren Scharhag)
• The Book of John, 2023 (book review by Ron Starbuck, St. Julian’s Press)
• The Book of John, 2023 (book review by Beth Copeland)
• Play Me a Revolution, 2020 (book review by Erica Goss)
• Play Me A Revolution, 2020 (book review by The Independent Publisher Book Awards)
• Play Me a Revolution, 2019 (book review by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley)
• Bare Hands, 2018 (interview by Cynthia Atkins for Melissa Studdard in American Microreviews)
• Bare Hands, 2017 (book review by Erica Goss)

Distinctions/Awards

• The Book of John was one of the top five poetry collections for The Feathered Quill Book Award, 2024
• Nominated for Pushcart Prizes for the years 2019 through 2023
• Won the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Award’s second place in poetry for Play Me a Revolution
• Won a Cambor Fellowship, University of Houston
• Won the Louis B. Goodman Creative Writing Scholarship, Brooklyn College
• Won several artist-in-residence fellowships for creative writing