About me
Iris Jamahl Dunkle is a poet, biographer, and scholar. Her new book, Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb (University of California Press, 2024), is a USA Today bestseller, receiving national acclaim for its poignant exploration of Babb’s life and her fraught relationship with the literary history of the Dust Bowl. The book has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Millions, The Los Angeles Times, Alta, and elsewhere. Dunkle's previous books include the biography Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) and four poetry collections, including her latest, West : Fire : Archive, published by The Center for Literary Publishing. Dunkle curates Finding Lost Voices, a weekly blog dedicated to resurrecting the voices of women who have been marginalized or forgotten.
