Elfie

Elfie Nelson, sometimes called Janus (they/them), is a genderqueer poet and new media artist. Their creative interests include digital spaces, collective narratives, augmented reality, horror, and dreamcore. They recently earned their MFA in creative writing and poetics from University of Washington, Bothell. They also hold an MA in creative writing from University of California, Davis, where they taught and wrote poetry. Their hypertext thesis Directional Pilgrim was featured in the 2021 ELO Conference exhibition, “Platforming Utopias (and Platformed Dystopias).” After 3 years as a community college English instructor, their goal is to overhaul the structures of academia in favor of something equitable, inclusive, and radically accessible. They live in/close enough to Seattle with their two partners and two cats, Joyce Carol and The Professor.