Terese Svoboda has published 18 books of poetry, memoir, biography, a book of translation from the Nuer, and fiction. Winner of a Guggenheim, a Bobst Prize in fiction, an Iowa Prize for poetry, a NEH grant for translation, an O. Henry Award for the short story, the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize, 3 NYFA fellowships, a Pushcart Prize for the essay, a Bellagio residency for a libretto, and the Jerome Foundation Award in video, she also wrote the libretto for the opera WET that premiered at L.A.'s RedCat Theater.

Bloomsbury Review writes: "Terese Svoboda is one of those writers you would be tempted to read regardless of the setting or the period or the plot or even the genre.” Great American Desert was published in 2019, a book of stories about climate from prehistoric times to the future. In a starred review, Kirkus writes: “[Svoboda's] enigmatic sentences, elliptical narratives, and percussive plots delve into the possibilities of form, genre, and plausible futures, but always with an eye on the vast subterranean psychologies of her all-too-real creations.” Presented in partnership with SWWIM (Supporting Women Writers in Miami).