TAK Erzinger
Her poetry has been featured by journals at the Latino Book Review, Indiana University, Cornell University, McMaster University, the University of Baltimore and more. Erzinger’s poetry collection “At the Foot of the Mountain,” (Floricanto Press 2021), won the University of Indianapolis, Etchings Press Whirling Prize for 2021 for best nature poetry book and is a two-time finalist. Her latest poetry collection “Tourist” (Sea Crow Press 2023) is also a two-time finalist at the International Book Awards and the Eyelands Book Awards. Erzinger has been an artist in residence at the Padula Art Centre, Brison Veors and the Eutopia Art Residency. Most recently her first children’s picture book, Queen of the Mountain won five awards, including Book of the Year at Literary Global Children’s Book Awards.
She lives on the foothills of the Alps in Switzerland with her husband and two cats.
Found: Between the Trees (Grey Borders Books, 2019) is a chronicle about a life interrupted by mental illness. Its poems are a reflection of how love, nature and hiking nurtured and fostered an injured soul suffering from acute-childhood trauma and PTSD, leading to a path of redemption. This collection takes the reader on a journey of love, loss, forgiveness and healing.
At the Foot of the Mountain (Second-Print Grey Borders Books 2025, First Print By Floricanto Press 2021 ) Poetry inspired by a life at the foot of the Swiss Alps with her husband and fur children, the book explores ideas of land and ecological stewardship. At the Foot of the Mountain (originally published by Floricanto Press, 2021, now defunct) won the University of Indianapolis Etchings Press Whirling Prize 2021 for best nature poetry book and was a finalist at The International Book Awards 2022. This is the second publication of At the Foot of The Mountain. Available August 1 2025.
At the Foot of the Mountain
by TAK Erzinger
5.5 x 8.5, 98 pgs
perfect bound
poetry
August 2025
E-book
