Sunnylyn Thibodeaux

          Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, American-born poet and publisher. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and later moved to Lafayette, Louisiana where she attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana. She moved to San Francisco, California, to attend New College of California for her M.A., studying with poets David Meltzer, Joanne Kyger, Neeli Cherkovski and Juvenal Acosta. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, fellow poet and publisher, Micah Ballard and together they co-edit Auguste Press and Lew Gallery Editions.. She is the author of Broadway Azaleas (FMSBW 2024), The World Exactly (Cuneiform Press 2020), Universal Fall Precautions (Spuyten Duyvil 2017), As Water Sounds (Bootstrap 2014), and Palm to Pine (2011) as well as over a dozen small books including Against What Light (Ypolita), Room Service Calls (Lew Gallery Editions), What’s Going On (Bird & Beckett) and Witch Like Me (The Operating System). Lucky Charms: New and Selected Poems, 2000–2025 will be published by City Lights in April 2026.