Ire’ne Lara Silva

ire'ne lara silva is a Texas-based poet and short story writer who served as Texas State Poet Laureate in 2023. She writes poetry, fiction, essays, and comics, and also contributes as a Writer at Large for Texas Highways Magazine. Her work has been recognized with the Texas Institute of Letters Shrake Award and the Premio Aztlán, among other honors. Her poetry collections the eaters of flowers and CUICACALLI/House of Song were published by Saddle Road Press, which also issued Blood Sugar Canto. Her short story collection flesh to bone was published by Aunt Lute Books in 2013. A second story collection, the light of your body, is slated for Arte Publico Press.