Luiza Flynn-Goodlett

Poet

Author's Bio

Luiza Flynn-Goodlett (she/her) is the author of Northern California Book Award finalist Mud in Our Mouths (Northwestern University Press, 2025) and Look Alive (Cowles Poetry Book Prize, Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2021), along with numerous chapbooks, most recently Lossland (forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press). Her poetry can be found in Ninth Letter, swamp pink, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. She serves as a poetry editor for the Whiting Award–winning LGBTQIA2S+ literary journal and press Foglifter. She was raised in the wilds of Tennessee and now lives in the SF Bay Area with her wife and rescue dog.

Education: 

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Mud in Our Mouths (Northwestern University Press, 2025)
,
Look Alive (Bull City Press, 2020)
Chapbooks:
Lossland (Black Lawrence Press, 2027)
,
Tender Age (Headmistress Press, 2020)
,
Twice Shy (Black Lawrence Press, 2020)
,
Harm's Way (Dancing Girl Press, 2019)
,
Unseasonable Weather (Dancing Girl Press, 2018)
,
Congress of Mud (Finishing Line Press, 2015)
Prizes won: 
  • The Undead, 2020 Sixth Finch Book Chapbook Contest
  • Look Alive, 2019 Cowles Poetry Book Prize from Southeast Missouri State University Press
  • Tender Age, 2019 Headmistress Press Charlotte Mew chapbook contest
  • Shadow Box, 2019 Madhouse Press Editor's Prize

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Summertown, TN
Tennessee
Raised in: 
Nashville, TN
Tennessee
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Last update: Sep 30, 2026