CONTACT INFORMATION
Stellasue Lee, Ph.D.
818 430-7844
AWARDS AND HONORS
Winner of the grand prize in Poetry To Aide 2013 by Humanity Al Falah in Malaysia
Entrant for a Pulitzer Prize, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 2010, firecracker RED
The Poet And The Poem, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Grace Cavaliere, Host,
April, 2003, Special Recognition for Excellence in Print
Entrant for a Pulitzer Prize, Columbia University, New York, N.Y, 2000, Crossing The Double
Yellow Line
California Writer’s Association, Poet of the Month, Los Angeles, California, Bette Freeman,
President, August, 1991
Board of Library Commissioners, Community Outreach Service: Adult Storytelling, Los Angeles,
California, Tom Bradley, Mayor, October 24, 1990
President of Women Writer’s West, Los Angeles, California, 1989/1990
SELECTED TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
Tennessee Mountain Writers 32nd Annual Conference, April 2020
Art & Soul Writers Workshop, Nashville, TN January 25, 2014
Blue Ridge Writers Conference, Blue Ridge GA; April, 2014
Centrum Writers’ Conference, Port Townsend WA; July, 2012
Blue Ridge Writers Conference, Blue Ridge GA; March, 2012
Spring Hill Arts Center Writers’ Conference, Spring Hill, TN; September, 2011
Blushing Sky Writers’ conference, Detroit, MI, October, 2011
Youth in Action Conference, Columbia, TN: March, 2010
Marin Poetry Center Writer’s Conference, Marin, CA; April, 2003
Whidbey Island Writers Conference, Whidbey Island, WA; March, 2002
Wrightwood Writers’ Retreat, Wrightwood, CA; February, 2002
Walloon Writers’ Retreat, Walloon, MI; September, 2001
Walloon Writer’s Retreat, Walloon, MI; September, 2000
Maryland Writers’ Annual Conference, Linthicum Heights, Maryland; May, 2000
Passaic County Poetry Center, Patterson, NJ; March, 2000
Island Muse Writers’ Conference, Cook Island, FL; March, 1996
Wrightwood Writers’ Retreat, Wrightwood, CA; February, 1995
PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS WITH STELLASUE LEE
Nashville State University, March 3, 2015, Interviewer: Class of Dale Rogers
Spring Hill Informer, Nashville TN, Melissa Overton, Editor, Interviewer: Mary Ann Weakley,
August 1, 2011
Margie, The American Journal Of Poetry, Chesterfield, Missouri, Robert Nazarene, Editor, Karla Huston,
Interviewer, Volume 2, 2004
Cortland Review, New York, New York, J. M. Spalding, Editor, J. M. Spalding, Interviewer, Summer,
Issue#3, 1998
Poet’s Market, Cincinnati, Ohio, Publisher, F & W. Publications, Chantelle Bentley, Editor, Chantelle
Bentley, Interviewer, 2000
PUBLISHED WORKS
Books In Print
Queen of Jacks, New & Selected Poems, Bombshelter Press, Los Angeles, California, 2019
Our Father, Cardinal House Publishing, Nashville, Tennessee, 2015
firecracker RED, Cardinal House Publishing, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 2010
Crossing The Double Yellow Line, Bombshelter Press, Los Angeles, California, 2000
13 Los Angeles Poets, Bombshelter Press, Los Angeles, California, 1998
After I Fall, Bombshelter Press, Los Angeles, California, 1991
Over To You, Bombshelter Press, Los Angeles, California, 1991
Anthology Publications
After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events, Sante Lucia Books, Atlanta, Georgia,
Tom Lombardo, Editor
2008
“Change of Season”
“Out of Nowhere”
Blood Pudding, Duck Luck Publications, Los Angeles, California,
B. Lynne Zika, Editor
2003
“The Wind”
“The Comb”
“The Day After”
“Mating Call”
“Monterey”
“Cheers”
“Sighted”
Cultural Weekly, Los Angeles, California
Chiwan Choi, Editor
May 3, 2012
“ Purity”
Filtered through Time, Counsel for the Written Word, Williamson County, TN
S.R. Lee, Editor
2012
“How to Hold Your Arms When You’re in Love”
“My Alexandria”
Fre&D, Bambaz Press, Featured Poet
Bambi Here, Editor
2015
“Standing in Front of Marilyn Monroe’s Crypt, Westwood California”
“Beyond the Paddock, Stable, Ring”
“South on I65, Take the Lewisburg Pike Turn Off”
“While Setting the Table”
“Valley Through the Hill”
L.A. Woman Literaturvon, vei den Autorinnen, Christel Ivo, Frankfurt, Germany,
Joan Jobe Smith, Editor
2000
“Nachruf Fur Einen Exmann”
MIPOesias , Didi Menedes Publisher, Charleston, SC
Grace Cavalieri, Editor
2015
“Dutch Masters”
News From Inside, Hand Maid Books, Los Angeles, California,
Estrellita Mendez, Editor
1994
“Rituals”
“One Night In The Life Of A Poet”
Raising The Roof, Habitat for Humanity, Riverside, California,
Jo Scott, Editor
2000
“Into That Black Night”
So Luminous The Wildflowers, Tebot Bach Publications, Huntington Beach, California,
Paul Suntup, Editor
2003
“Without Looking Back”
Sounding Off, Women Writers West, Santa Monica, California,
Rita White, Editor
1991
“Morning On The Sound”
Voices From The Valley, Blessings, Hazel Street Publications, Winnetka, California,
Cara Alson, Editor
2006
“Along, with Children”
“And Then They Drove to Brazil”
“ Pictures”
“Last Dance”
We Used To Be Wives, Fithian Press, Santa Barbara, California,
Jane Butkin Roth, Editor
2002
“Report”
“My Name is Stellasue”
Women And Death, Ground Torpedo Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
Jess of the Genesee, and Dorian Arana, Editors
1994
“Last Dance”
Literary Journal Publications
American Journal of Poetry, Chesterfield, Missouri
Robert Nazarene, Editor in Chief
Volume one, June, 2016
“Beauty”
“Reading the Stars”
Animus, Sheltering Pines Press, Kennebunk, Main,
Bruce Spang, Guest Editor
Winter, 2003
“How To Hold Your Arms When You Are In Love”
Cedar Hill Review, Cedar Hill Publications, Mena, Arkansas,
Maggie Jaffe, Editor
Fall, 2000
“Listen, Please Listen”
Fall, 1999
“Letter To M.L. Liebler”
Connecticut Review, Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut,
Vivian Shipley, Editor
Spring, 2007
“Stargaze”
“Empty Drawers”
Spring, 2003
“To The Living”
“Life Cycle”
Spring, 2012
“Grief: a Great Sadness, Especially as a Result of a Death…”
“Dusting”
Cortland Review, New York, New York,
J. M. Spalding, Editor
Summer, 1998
“Ah Men”
Winter, 1999
“When My Wife Returns”
“James Bond Beach”
Carnegie Writers’ Group; Nashville, TN
Oluwakemi Elufiede, M.Ed, Editor
November 22, 2014
“Connecting the Dots” (essay)
Chapter 16, Nashville, TN
Maria Browning, Editor
“Letter to My Mother Whom I Blamed for Absolutely Everything”
Cultural Weekly; Los Angeles, CA,
Adam Zelpzig, Editor
May 3, 2012
“Purity”
Herman Literary Review, The Herman Review, Los Angeles, California,
Rick Bursky, Editor
1993
“Fishing”
“Windows”
Inertia Magazine, Inertia Online Publication, Brooklyn, New York,
John Spaulding, Editor
2002
“Witness”
Inky Blue, Inky Blue Publication, Comptche, California,
Cat Spydell, Editor,
Summer, 1991
“Expedition”
“Distortion”
Margie, The American Journal Of Poetry, Chesterfield, Missouri,
Robert Nazarene, Editor
2007
“A Documentary On Morning”
Ol’ Chanty-Chanticleer Magazine, Scotland, UK, Richard Livermore, Editor
Issue #7
2010
“After a 500 Year Floor”
“Children Are Not Supposed To die Before Their Parents”
“Old Age”
“Drinking From The Many Ricers of Hades”
Issue # 11
2012
“A Continues Spectrum of Color
Issue # 18
2014
“Grief”
“Resume”
Issue # 22
2015
“Ode to Broken Bones”
Issue # 27
2017
“Reading the Stars”
“Theory of Flux”
On Target, On Target Publication, Hollywood, California,
Anderson Stone, Editor
1995
“Facing Facts”
1994
“Jackpot”
1993
“North On 101”
“Morning”
1992
“At Twenty-Two”
“Foreign Soil”
Onthebus, Bambaz Press/ Bombshelter Press, Los Angeles, California
Bambi Here, Editor
Issue #23, 2018
“Magic”
“September Can Be the Very Best Month”
“After a Thousand Tragedies”
“What I’ve Never Told Anyone”
“A Prediction of Armageddon”
Issue #24, 2020
“Flat”
“Front Porch Sitting”
Onthebus, Bombshelter Press, Los Angeles, California,
Jack Grapes, Editor
Issue #16, 2006
“I Get Down On My Hands and Knees”
Issue #15, 1999
“Foundation”
“Obituary for an Ex-Husband”
“Gifts for the Moon”
Issue #14, 1996
“Crows”
Issue # 12, 1994
“Crossing”
Issue #13, 1994
“The Earthquake”
“Passing Without”
Issue #10 & 11, 1993
“Escape”
“A Wall Through Woods On Hood Canal”
Issue #8 & 9, 1992
“South”
“Rules”
Issue # 6 & 7, 1991
“Old Woman”
“Just Dreaming”
“Out Door Men”
Issue # 5, 1990
“Adding Things Up”
Psaltery and Lyre, Washington, https://psalteryandlyre.org/
Dayna Patterson, Editor
February 12, 2018
“Admission”
Paterson Literary Review, Passaic County Community College, Patterson, New Jersey,
Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Editor
Issue #35, 2008
“Loose-Limbed And Weeping”
Issue #29, 2006
“This Day”
“James Bond Beach”
Pearl, Pearl Publication, Long Beach, California,
Marilyn Johnson, Editor
Issue #31, 2002
“Children, In Praise of…”
Issue #29, 2001
“Ask Me”
Poetrybay, Long Island Quarterly, Northport, New York,
George Wallace, Editor,
2000
“Change of Season”
Quercus Review, Department of English, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, California,
San Pierstorff, Editor
Issue 8, 2008
“My Alexandria”
Issue 2, 2002
“An Elaborate Hope”
Rattle, A Frieda Fox Foundation Publication, Studio City, California,
Alan C. Fox, Publisher
Issue #25, 2006
“Connecting the Dots” (essay)
Issue #5, 1996
“Ah Men”
Issue #4, 1995,
“Halloween”
Red Brick Review, The Writing Program, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York,
Sean Thomas Dougherty, Publisher
Issue #6, 2001
“I told Him My Name Was Amelia.”
Sheila-Na-Gig, Sheila-Na-Gig Publication, Torrance, California,
Hayley Mitchell Haugen and David Hernandez, Editors
1999, Issue #13
“Report”
“Do It”
Spillway, Bombshelter Press Publication, Huntington Beach, California,
Mifanwy Kaiser, Editor
1999
“Winter Song”
1998
“My Name Is Stellasue”
1994
“Woman, 1933”
“On The Sound”
“Fishing”
1993
“Distortion”
1993
“Jessie”
Sulphur River Literary Review, Sulphur River Publication, Austin, Texas,
James Michael Robbins, Editor
Volume XVII, 2001
“When My Wife Returns”
“Gifts for the Moon”
Terminus, Terminus Publication, Atlanta, Georgia,
Mike Dockins, Editor
Issue #3, 2003
“About Attachments”
The American Journal of Poetry, Chasterfield, Missouri
Robert Nazarene, Editor-in-Chief
Issue 1, June, 2016
“Between Life and Loss”
“Reading the Stars”
The Más Tequila Review, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Richard Vargas, Editor
Issue #2, 2011
“Lost As A Hunter Home From The Hill”
“Flying At Night Without A Moon”
Issue #5, Summer, 2012
“Darkly, I Enter the Ring”
“After the War”
“Dutch Masters”
Issue #9, Summer, 2014
“While Setting the Table”
“Her Honey-Bunch, Gum-Drop, Sweetie-Pie Is Gone”
Voices, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California,
Michael Goodman, Editor
Issue #5, 1994
“This Life”
“Journal Entry 6/29/93, 6:15 a.m.”
Issue #4, 1993
“North, On 101”
“Red Corvette”
“The Queen of Jacks”
“The Last Dance”
Issue #3, 1992
“Free-Fall Into Trust”
“Reston”
Vol. No., Vol. No. Magazine, Newhall, California,
Donald McLeod, Coordinating Editor
Issue # 24, 1998
“No Way Has Yet Been Invented To Say Goodbye”
“Things My Father Said”
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Literature
Honolulu University, Honolulu, Hawaii
BA, Literature
Honolulu University, Honolulu, Hawaii
