About Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge was born in Beijing and grew up in Massachusetts. She is the author of thirteen books of poetry, including Hello, the Roses; Empathy; and I Love Artists. Her collaborations include Endocrinology with Kiki Smith and Hiddenness with Richard Tuttle, as well as performances with Morita Dance Company, Blondell Cummings, and Davide Balula. She received the Bollingen Prize for poetry in 2020 and the Mary McCarthy award for engagement in the public sphere in 2022, and her work with George Lewis and The Crossing Choir received a Grammy Award in 2025. She has also received two NEA fellowships, two Asian American Writers' Workshop awards, and two American Book Awards.She is also the 2026 recipient of the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry.
She has taught at the Institute for American Indian Arts, where she was a founding editor of Tyuonyi magazine. She lives in New Mexico and New York City.
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