Erika T. Wurth’s publications include three novels (Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend , You Who Enter Here, and White Horse), two collections of poetry, and a collection of short stories (Buckskin Cocaine). A writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, she teaches creative writing at Western Illinois University and has been a guest writer at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous journals including Boulevard, the Writer’s Chronicle, Waxwing, and the Kenyon Review. She is Apache/Chickasaw/Cherokee and was raised outside Denver.