ABOUT RYLER
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Ryler Dustin has represented Seattle on the final stage of the Individual World Poetry Slam, and his poems appear in journals like Gulf Coast, The Southern Review, American Life in Poetry, and The Best of Iron Horse. He's the author of Heavy Lead Birdsong from Write Bloody Publishing and Trailer Park Psalms, winner of the University of Pittsburgh's 2022 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize.
A passionate educator, he led an award-winning youth writing program at Project Row Houses in Houston, visited classrooms through Writers in the Schools, and has taught writing, spoken word, and literature at Western Washington University, Albion College, and elsewhere. He received an MFA from the University of Houston and a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and has lived and held residencies in Spain, Michigan, Jack Kerouac's former home, and an off-grid cabin in the Oregon wilderness. Now he resides in his hometown of Bellingham, Washington, with his wife and a dog he met while hiking.
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Connect with Ryler: rylerdustin@gmail.com |
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