Sheryl Luna

Sheryl Luna is an American poet.

Life
Born in El Paso, Texas, Luna earned a B.A. at Texas Tech University, an M.F.A. from the University of Texas at El Paso, an M.A. in English from Texas Woman’s University, and a Ph.D. in Contemporary literature from the University of North Texas.

Luna's poetry has appeared in Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, Puerto del Sol, Kalliope, and the Notre Dame Review.

Recognition
Her first poetry collection, Pity the Drowned Horses (2005), was selected by Robert Vasquez as the inaugural winner of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize.

Publications

 *  Pity the Drowned Horses. University of Notre Dame Press, 2005.