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Karen George

Poet

Florence, KY

Website:

karenlgeorge.blogspot.com/

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Author's Bio

Karen George is author of five chapbooks, and three poetry collections from Dos Madres Press: Swim Your Way Back (2014) and A Map and One Year (2018), and Where Wind Tastes Like Pears (2021). She received grants from Kentucky Foundation for Women and Kentucky Arts Council, earned a BS in Computer Science, an MFA from Spalding University, and worked as a computer programmer/analyst. Her poetry has appeared in Valparaiso Poetry Review, South Dakota Review, Naugatuck River Review, I-70 Review, Verse Daily, and Poet Lore. She reviews poetry at Poetry Matters blog.

Education:

Sena Jeter Naslund-Karen Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Pandemic Evolution (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2021)

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Riparian (Dos Madres Press, 2018)

Books:

Where Wind Tastes Like Pears (Dos Madres Press, 2021)

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A Map and One Year (Dos Madres Press, 2018)

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Swim Your Way Back (Dos Madres Press, 2014)

Chapbooks:

Frame and Mount the Sky (collaborative) (Finishing Line Press, 2017)

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The Fire Circle (Blue Lyra Press, 2016)

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The Seed of Me (Finishing Line Press, 2015)

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Inner Passage (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2014)

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Into the Heartland (Finishing Line Press, 2011)

Journals:

America

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Blue Heron Review

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Ekphrastic Review

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Gingerbread House

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Gyroscope Review

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Heron Tree

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Juniper - A Poetry Journal

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Lime Hawk

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Louisville Review

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MacQueen’s Quinterly

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Main Street Rag

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Mezzo Cammin

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Naugatuck River Review

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Panoply

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Rogue Agent

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Sliver of Stone

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South Dakota Review

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Still

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SWWIM Every Day

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TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics

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The Indianapolis Review

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Thimble Literary Magazine

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Tipton Poetry Journal

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Valparaiso Poetry Review

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Verse Daily

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Verse-Virtual

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Writing in a Woman's Voice

Prizes won:

Artist Enrichment Grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women
Individual Artist Professional Development Grant from the Kentucky Arts Council

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

KY

Kentucky

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Last update: Feb 22, 2022