DAISY ATTERBURY is a scholar, essayist and experimental writer working on transnational feminisms, nuclear colonialism, and cultural studies in the American Southwest.

Atterbury’s debut book, The Kármán Line (Rescue 2024), a 2025 New Mexico Book Award Finalist and a St. Lawrence Book Award Finalist (order here), has been described as "a new cosmology" (Lucy Lippard) and "a cerebral altar to the desert" (Raquel Gutiérrez). The Kármán Line investigates queer life and fantasies of space and place with an interest in unraveling colonial narratives in the American Southwest.

Atterbury is an Assistant Professor in American Studies and the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of New Mexico and is on the board of the Feminist Research Institute. 

For all inquiries, reach out at —

daisy.atterbury at gmail.com