Louise Mathias is the author of three full-length books of poems, Lark Apprentice (Winner of the New Issues Poetry Prize), The Traps  (Four Way Books) and, most recently What if the Invader is Beautiful (Four Way Books, 2024).  Her work has appeared in journals such as Tin House, Academy of American Poet Poem-a-Day, Gulf Coast, Colorado Review and many others. A long time resident of the Mojave Desert, her work explores the intersection of the natural world and our interior lives through a feminist lens.