Elaine Woo, MFA 2011

In 2021 Elaine Woo’s Put Your Hand in Mine was cited by CBC Radio North by Northwest host Sheryl MacKay and Western Sky co-owner Tamara Gorin as one of the three best poetry collections in recent years. Her bio is also in ABC BookWorld. She has written libretto and song lyrics for art song and other media. Her collaborations with Vegas composer Rylan Leo Helmuth are found at https://soundcloud/elainesoundpath. Some pieces of her own creation are surreal pieces.

She has created vegan recipes and written articles about coping with anxiety and depression, the poverty of seniors, why people look angry for the mindfulness site The Elephant Journal in Boulder, Co.