Valerie Witte

Valerie Witte is the author of multiple poetry and hybrid books, including A Rupture in the Interiors (Finalist for the 2025 Oregon Book Awards Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry; Airlie, 2023) and, in collaboration with Sarah Rosenthal, The Grass Is Greener When the Sun Is Yellow (Operating System, 2019), the first of a two-part project examining the work of postmodern dancer-choreographers Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer. The second book in the project, a collection of experimental essays, is One Thing Follows Another: Experiments in Dance, Art, and Life Through the Lens of Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer (punctum, 2024). She previously collaborated with artist Jennifer Yorke, who produced artist books based on Witte’s manuscript “Flood Diary” and an installation based on her manuscript A Rupture in the Interiors. The works were exhibited in Berkeley and Chicago, respectively, and their collaboration included a residency at La Porte Peinte Center for the Arts in Noyers, France. Passionate about cultivating creative community, she was a founding member of the Bay Area Correspondence School and served as a member of Airlie Press and Kelsey Street Press. She edits education books in Portland, OR. More at Valerie Witte dot com.