Chelsey Minnis
Introduction '''Chelsey Minnis''' (born 1970 in Dallas, Texas)  is an American poet. Her collections of poetry include ''Zirconia'', ''Bad Bad'',  ''Poemland'', and ''Baby I Don't Care''. ''Zirconia'' won the 2001 Alberta Prize for Poetry. She received a B. A. in English from the University of Colorado Boulder and studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.Minnis's work was described as expressing a "gurlesque" aesthetic by Arielle Greenberg, which she described as "a feminine, feminist incorporating of the grotesque and cruel with the spangled and dreamy."
Selected works *'' Zirconia''. New York: Fence Books, 2001.*''Foxina''. Los Angeles: Seeing Eye Books, 2002. *'' Bad Bad''. New York: Fence Books, 2007. *'' Poemland''. Seattle: Wave Books, 2009. * ''Baby, I Don't Care''. Seattle: Wave Books, 2018.
References
External links * Boston Review, Jan/Feb 2009; Review of ''Bad Bad''* Small Press Distribution; author page for '''Poemland''* Wave Books author page