Tracy Youngblom

Tracy Youngblom has been writing and publishing since the early 1990s. She has published two chapbooks of poems and two full-length collections, Growing Big and the recent Boy (CavanKerry Press, 2023). Her awards and honors include two Pushcart nominations for poetry, including one in 2017 for a poem from Boy. In addition, her memoir, Because We Must, won the Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction and was published by the University of Massachusetts Press in March 2025. She teaches English full-time at Anoka-Ramsey Community College.

Interview with Tracy Youngblom about Because We Must (U of Massachusetts Press, 2025) and winner of the Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction

Interview with Tracy Youngblom about Because We Must (U of Massachusetts Press, 2025) and winner of the Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction

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PAIGE RIEHL: Tracy, first, congratulations on winning the Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction! It’s so well-deserved! Thank you so much for speaking with me about your memoir Because We Must, which chronicles your experiences in the aftermath of a car accident that severely injured your youngest son, Elias. I was so incredibly moved by your writing—the adept ways you write… Read more →