Elena Karina Byrne is a poet, visual artist, teacher and editor. Her poem "Irregular Masks" was featured in The Best American Poetry 2005

The Best American Poetry 2005

The Best American Poetry 2005, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Paul Muldoon....

and her poem "Berryman's Concordance Against This Silence" received a Pushcart Prize

Pushcart Prize

The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....

 in 2008 for which she has been nominated eleven times. She was a regional director of the Poetry Society of America

Poetry Society of America

The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...

 for twelve years.

She is the daughter of American artist Herbert Jepson

Herbert Jepson

Herbert Jepson is an American artist and designer. He founded the Jepson Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1945; among his students were the like of Larry Bell and Joe Goode. He is the father of poet Elena Karina Byrne.-External links:*...

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Books

• The Flammable Bird (2002)
• Masque (2007)
• The Fable Language (forthcoming)
• Voyeur Hour (forthcoming)
• Beautiful Insignificance (forthcoming)