About

Alyssa Morhardt-Goldstein is a poet, conservatory trained soprano, and educator. She is the author of Nympholepsy (Inside the Castle, 2018), which was a finalist for the 2017 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize selected by Bhanu Kapil. Excerpts from Nympholepsy are also forthcoming in the Best American Experimental Writing, summer 2020, selected by Joyelle McSweeney and Carmen Maria Machado. Alyssa is also the author of Quiet (The New School University Press, 2013), which was the winner of The New School University Press contest selected by Matthea Harvey; and semifinalist for the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize for her collection, Forniphilia, which is forthcoming from dancing girl press in 2022. Her work can also be found in Sporklet, Prick of the Spindle, Front Porch, and others.

Alyssa is the Founder and Artistic Director of Diorama, the hybrid life poetry series with events hosted by Atlas Obscura and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, and the Founding Editor of [saUnd] Literary Magazine, the cross-genre publication on contemporary musico-poetics.

Alyssa received her MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in poetry and her BA in English literature from NYC’s The New School, and her BM in Classical Vocal Performance from the world-renowned Mannes conservatory.

email: alyssamorhardt@gmail.com
instagram: @alyssa_morhardtg