Natanya Ann Pulley is a Diné writer of fiction and non-fiction. Her clans are Kinyaa’áani and Táchii’nii through her mother. She’s published in numerous journals including McSweeney's: The Monstrous and the Terrible Issue, Phantom Drift, The Offing, The Massachusetts Review (et al). Most recent anthologized essays can be found in Unbound: Composing Home (New Rivers Press), Shapes of Native Nonfiction (UWA Press), and The Diné Reader (UA Press) ​
A former editor of Quarterly West, South Dakota Review, and the Gross and Unlikeable issue of Black Candies, she is the founding editor of Hairstreak Butterfly Review. Current editing projects include an anthology of Flash Fiction from Native American writers (UNM Press) and a Diné issue on craft for Hairstreak Butterfly Review.
Natanya received a PhD from the University of Utah in fiction writing with an emphasis in the evolution and de-evolution of novel forms. She is an associate professor of English at Colorado College where she teaches texts by Native American writers, fiction writing, and experimental forms. ​
Her short story collection With Teeth (Oct. 2019) is the winner of the 2018 Many Voices Project competition and was published by New Rivers Press. Her writing projects include a nonfiction collection The First Narcissism (UNM Press), a novel reimagining Peter Pan, and Gapp's Basement (an experimental novel-in-stories). She is a 2022 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in Creative Writing.
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Biographical Notes 150 - 100 - 50 word count for copy/paste 150 words Natanya Ann Pulley is a Diné writer (Kinyaa’áani and Táchii’nii clans). She’s published in McSweeney's, Phantom Drift, Split Lip, and The Massachusetts Review (et al). Her essays have been anthologized most recently in Shapes of Native Nonfiction, The Diné Reader, and Unbound: Composing Home. She is a 2022 recipient of a NEA fellowship in Creative Writing. Her short story collection With Teeth (New Rivers Press) is the winner of the 2018 Many Voices Project competition. Natanya is the founding editor of Hairstreak Butterfly Review and currently editing an anthology of Flash Fiction by Native American writers and a Dińe Writers on Craft issue of HBR. Her recent writing projects include a creative nonfiction collection (The First Narcissism), a novel reimagining Peter Pan, and Gapp's Basement (an experimental novel-in-stories). Natanya is an associate professor of English at Colorado College. She teaches texts by Native American writers, fiction writing, and experimental forms. 100 words Natanya Ann Pulley is a Diné writer published in McSweeney's, Split Lip, and The Offing (among others). Her essays have been anthologized in Shapes of Native Nonfiction, The Diné Reader, and Unbound: Composing Home. She is a 2022 recipient of a NEA Creative Writing fellowship and her short story collection With Teeth is a winner in the 2018 Many Voices Project book competition with New Rivers Press. Natanya is an associate professor and editor of Hairstreak Butterfly Review at Colorado College where she teaches texts by Native American writers, fiction writing, and experimental forms. Her clans are Kinyaa’áani and Táchii’nii. 50 words Natanya Ann Pulley is a Diné writer, author of With Teeth (New Rivers Press), and recipient of an NEA fellowship in Writing (2022). She is the founding editor of Hairstreak Butterfly Review and an associate professor at Colorado College. Please visit natanyapulley.com for publication information and links.
