Thomas Parrie (MA, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, and MFA, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA) is an Instructor in the department of English and World Languages. He is the author of the poetry collection Toledo Rez & Other Myths (2019) and Choctaw Apache Voices, Volume 1 (2023), with the second volume forthcoming in the Spring of 2026. He is a recipient of the School for Advanced Research Indigenous Writer in Residence Fellow for 2018. Parrie has also presented his work at numerous conferences, such as AWP, PCA, SCMLA, and CONtraflow, has published in fiction and poetry, and is a 2014 Pushcart Prize Nominee. At Southeastern, he teaches Freshman and Honors Composition, American Literature, and Creative Writing.
Creative Writing Workshop, Poetry and Fiction, the Form and Theory of Poetry and Fiction, and Native American Literature.
