| Intro | American poet |
| Is | Poet |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 1 January 1967 |
| Age: | 53 years |
Karen Volkman (born 1967 Miami, Florida) is an American poet.
Life
She was educated at New College of Florida, Syracuse University, and the University of Houston.
Her poems have appeared in anthologies including The Best American Poetry, and The Pushcart Prize XXVII.
She has taught at several universities, including the University of Alabama, University of Pittsburgh, University of Chicago, and Columbia College Chicago. She currently lives in Missoula, and teaches in the MFA writing program at the University of Montana-Missoula.
Awards
- Spar, winner of the James Laughlin Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize
- Crash’s Law, selected for the National Poetry Series by Heather McHugh.
- “Spar”. University of Iowa Press. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
- “Karen Volkman”. University of Montana. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
Work
Poetry books
- Nomina. BOA Editions. 2008. ISBN 978-1-934414-06-4.
- Spar. University of Iowa Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-87745-807-4.
- Crash’s Law. Norton. 1996. ISBN 978-0-393-31722-0.
Essays
- Mutable Boundaries: on Prose Poetry. poets.org.
- Reginald Shepherd (Winter 2003–04). “Spar, by Karen Volkman”. Oyster Boy Review. 18.