Tyler Mills

Tyler Mills
Mills at AWP 2025
Occupation	Poet

Tyler Mills is an American poet, essayist, editor, and scholar. ^[1] She is Editor-in-Chief of The Account, ^[2] an Assistant Professor of English at New Mexico Highlands University ^[3] and the author of Hawk Parable, winner of the 2017 Akron Poetry Prize (University of Akron Press 2019) ^[4] and Tongue Lyre, winner of the 2011 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award (Southern Illinois University Press 2013). ^[5] She is also an editor and teacher and lives in Brooklyn, NY. ^[6]

Work

Hawk Parable was included in The Millions must-read poetry April 2019. ^[7] Tongue Lyre was fourth on the Believer's "Readers Favorite Works of Poetry in 2013" list. ^[8] Her poetry publications include The New Yorker, ^[9] The Believer (magazine), ^[10] the Boston Review, ^[11] and Blackbird (journal) ^[12]

Awards

• 2017 Akron Poetry Prize ^[13]
• 2015 Copper Nickel Editor's Prize in Prose ^[14]
• 2011 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award ^[15]
• 2009 Richard Peterson Poetry Prize, Crab Orchard Review ^[16]
• 2008 Third Coast prize ^[17]
• Best New Poets 2007 anthology. ^[18]
• 2006 Gulf Coast Poetry Prize ^[19]

Bibliography

Collections

• Mills, Tyler (2019). Hawk Parable. Akron, OH: The University of Akron Press.
• Mills, Tyler (2013). Tongue Lyre. Carbondale, IL: Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press.

Anthologies

• Best new poets 2007. Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966-, Livingood, Jeb. Charlottesville, Va: Samovar Press. 2007. ISBN   0976629623. OCLC  154793308.
• Women Write Resistance : poets resist gender violence. Wiseman, Laura Madeline. Pittsburgh, Penn.: Hyacinth Girl Press. 2013. ISBN   978-0615772783. OCLC   829936662.
• Bax : best American experimental writing. 2015. Abramson, Seth, 1976-, Damiani, Jesse,, Kearney, Douglas,. Middletown, Connecticut. ISBN   0819576085. OCLC  944156411.
• Still life with poem : contemporary natures mortes in verse. Dubrow, Jehanne,, Lusby, Lindsay. Chestertown, Maryland. 2016. ISBN   978-0937692233. OCLC   958799538.
• The manifesto project. Hazelton, Rebecca, 1978-, Parker, Alan Michael, 1961- (First ed.). Akron, Ohio. 2017. ISBN   978-1629220499. OCLC   974132446.
• Peter., Kahn (2017-01-15). The golden shovel anthology : new poems honoring Gwendolyn Brooks. Shankar, Ravi., Smith, Patricia. [Place of publication not identified]. ISBN   978-1682260241. OCLC   966359984.

List of poems

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected
The sun rising, Pacific Theatre	2015	Mills, Tyler (May 4, 2015). "The sun rising, Pacific Theatre". The New Yorker . Vol. 91, no. 11. p. 31. Retrieved 2015-06-30.

References

1. "Pitchfork Poetry Reading". 30 July 2021.
2. "About Us The Account". 2020-10-04.
3. "English Faculty and Staff". 11 August 2014.
4. "Hawk Parable - UA Press Catalog". 2020-10-04.
5. "Poetry Spotlight: Tyler Mills". 2013-07-31.
6. "About Tyler Mills". 2020-10-04.
7. "Must-Read Poetry: April 2019 - The Millions". Archived from the original on 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
8. "Issues".
9. "The Sun Rising, Pacific Theatre". The New Yorker. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
10. "Issues".
11. "Children of the Flood". 26 March 2014.
12. "Tyler Mills | Blackbird v13n1 | #poetry".
13. "Akron Poetry Prize Winners".
14. "Copper Nickel | Front". copper-nickel.org. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
15. "Tongue Lyre - Southern Illinois University Press". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
16. "Crab Orchard Review's Annual Literary Contests".
17. "Third Coast".
18. "Under the Blue Light: Best New Poets 2007". 27 August 2007.
19. "Nagasaki".