Chelsey Minnis



Chelsey Minnis (born 1970) is an American poet.

Life
Minnis was born in Dallas, Texas. Her collections of poetry include Zirconia, Bad Bad and Poemland.

Writing
Minnis's work was described by Arielle Greenberg as expressing a "gurlesque" aesthetic, which she described as "a feminine, feminist incorporating of the grotesque and cruel with the spangled and dreamy."

Recognition
Zirconia won the 2001 Alberta Prize for Poetry.

Publications

 * Zirconia. New York: Fence Books, 2001.
 * Foxina. Los Angeles, CA: Seeing Eye Books, 2002.
 * Bad Bad. New York: Fence Books, 2007.
 * Poemland. Seattle, OR: Wave Books, 2009.