Chet'la Sebree

Chet'la Sebree is the author of Field Study , winner of the 2020 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets, and Mistress . Raised in the mid-Atlantic, she earned an MFA in creative writing, with a focus in poetry, from American University. Chet'la's poetry and prose have appeared in Colorado Review , Kenyon Review , Lit Hub , Pleiades , Guernica , Poetry International , and The Yale Review . Currently, Chet'la is an assistant professor of English at George Washington University...See more

Chet'la Sebree is the author of Field Study , winner of the 2020 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets, and Mistress . Raised in the mid-Atlantic, she earned an MFA in creative writing, with a focus in poetry, from American University. Chet'la's poetry and prose have appeared in Colorado Review , Kenyon Review , Lit Hub , Pleiades , Guernica , Poetry International , and The Yale Review . Currently, Chet'la is an assistant professor of English at George Washington University and teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Randolph College. Her debut essay collection is forthcoming from The Dial Press in 2026. See less