Elissa Washuta

<p>The Butheads talk to Elissa Washuta, member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and a nonfiction writer. She is the author of <em>My Body Is a Book of Rules</em> and <em>Starvation Mode</em>, and her book <em>White Magic</em> is forthcoming from Tin House Books. With Theresa Warburton, she is co-editor of the anthology <em>Shapes of Native Nonfiction: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers</em>. She has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Capital, Artist Trust, 4Culture, and Potlatch Fund. Elissa is an assistant professor of creative writing at the Ohio State University.</p>