Stephanie Sauer's work has been published internationally and has received numerous awards. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she was selected by Presidential Inaugural Poet Elizabeth Alexander for the School's Writing Fellowship. She owns and operates the independent Copilot Press.

Curriculum Vitae in Horsefly Blue

2003. California State University, Sacramento.
2007. University of Denver.

"If you want to say something, write an essay. Not a poem."

1990. Mount Saint Mary's Academy. Grass Valley, California.

"You are just lazy. You never complete the weekly reading list."

2001. Saint Louis University. Madrid Campus, Spain.

"It is impossible to separate politics from women's poetry in the 20th Century."
"If we did not conquer the Aztecs, they would have eventually conquered Europe."

2001. Yavapai Community College. Prescott, Arizona.

"'Kill the Indian, keep the man.' This was the campaign slogan used when government officials removed Hopi children from their families, communities and tribal lands to put them in boarding schools with the purpose of assimilation. This program was not only for the Hopi."

1999. TECNOLOGICO de Monterrey. Colima Campus, México.

"Que no seas indio, hüey. Que no seas del campo."

1994. Grandma's front lawn. Grass Valley, California.

"Don't you ever let anybody call you Oakie, you hear me? You're not trash."

1997. Nevada Union High School. Grass Valley, California.

"Keep in mind that 4-H involvement does not look good on most college applications."

1998. Home. Rough & Ready, California.

"Why do you need to go to college? What is wrong with trade school?"

1982-Present. Deer Creek Falls. Rough & Ready, California.

"________________________________."
How do I translate water?

2006. Flight School, Royal Chicano Air Force. SacrAztlán.

"It is crucial to go back. It's an area of the U.S. that's quite unique-in America, but in isolated villages of New Mexico. Artesanias were part of what people got into for survival, like weaving. Craftspeople were sought out. Economically, it was a difficult time with the Depression and all, which made bartering very essential. People used their abilities to keep their families going.....My mother was sought after [as a house painter] and I would help her find stones to grind for colors. We would go to the river or into the mountains and find these stones and bugs. She would have us collect horseflies-they have very iridescent cobalt blue tails. She would cut and dry the tails, then grind them with special oils and turpentine."

1988-1997. Old Bitney Springs School House, 4-H. Rough & Ready,

California.
"I Pledge
my head to clear thinking,
my heart to greater loyalty,
my hands to larger service, and
my health to better living
for my club, my community, my country and my world."

2003. Grandfather's house. Rough & Ready, California.

"Good German girl you turned out to be."

2004. California State University, Sacramento.

"Maya Angelou has no poetics. Harriette Mullen's Sleeping with the Dictionary, however, is an exemplary work."

2007. University of Denver.

"Why? We are in Rome."