Julie Poitras Santos

Julie Poitras Santos's debut collection of poetry, Our Animal Capes, was selected by Brenda Hillman for the 2025 National Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prize. The collection is forthcoming from Inlandia Press (2027).

Poitras Santos has long been interested in the relationship between language and visual forms. Her essays and reviews on poetry and visual art have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, The Café Review, The Chart, and Living Maps Review as well as in numerous contemporary art exhibition catalogs. Also a visual artist, her artwork has been exhibited widely in the US and abroad.

Poitras Santos lives in Portland, Maine and teaches in the Studio MFA program at Maine College of Art & Design.