CMarie Fuhrman

CMarie Fuhrman is an award-winning author, poet, and teacher whose work is deeply rooted in the Western landscape. She is the author of the essay collection Salmon Weather: Writing from the Land of No Return, which was chosen as a Great Read from Great Places, and the poetry chapbook Camped Beneath the Dam. A passionate community builder and advocate for the land, she is also the co-editor of two influential anthologies: the multi-award-winning Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, and Poetry and Native Voices: Indigenous Poetry, Craft, and Conversations.

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A former Idaho Writer in Residence, CMarie’s writing has been featured in a variety of prestigious publications, including Terrain.org, Emergence Magazine, Alta Magazine, Big Sky Journal, and Poetry Northwest. She is the host of Colorado Public Radio's Terra Firma and an award-winning columnist for the Inlander.

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CMarie serves as the Associate Director of Western Colorado University’s Graduate Program in Creative Writing, where she is committed to fostering an inclusive literary community. This commitment is also central to her work as the founder of the Confluence Writing Community, a space for writers of all backgrounds to connect and find support. She also directs the Elk River Writers Workshop and resides in the Salmon River Mountains of Idaho, a place that continues to inspire her work and her advocacy for the more-than-human and human beings of the land.

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