Eileen Myles

9 December 1949

Eileen Myles (they/them) is an American poet. Named by BUST magazine "the rock star of modern poetry," they are the author of more than twenty books of poetry and prose, including *Chelsea Girls*, *Cool for You*, *Sorry*, *Tree*, and *Not Me (Semiotext(e), 1991)*, and are the coeditor of *The New Fuck You (Semiotext(e), 1995)*. Myles was head of the writing program at University of California, San Diego, from 2002 to 2007, and has written extensively on art and writing and the cultural scene. Most recently, they received a fellowship from the Andy Warhol/Creative Capital Foundation.