Elissa Washuta I'm a Writer But

The Butheads talk to Elissa Washuta, member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and nonfiction writer. She is the author of My Body Is a Book of Rules, Starvation Mode, and White Magic, forthcoming from Tin House Books. With Theresa Warburton, she is co-editor of the anthology Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers. She has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Capital, and more. Elissa is an assistant professor of creative writing at OSU.
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