About the Author
Kathy Nilsson earned a BA from Mount Holyoke College and an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars. Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Boston Review, Poetry Daily, Columbia, and Volt, among other journals. Her chapbook The Abattoir was published by Finishing Line Press in 2008, and in 2011 she received the Poetry Society of America’s Robert H. Winner Award. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and son.
Advanced Praise
“Kathy Nilsson’s poems hold about as many promises as any I’ve encountered. … Her work astonishes me.” — Lucie Brock-Broido
“These poems startle me into happiness. They distract me from the dull matters at hand. They remind me of what it’s like to live.” — Timothy Donnelly
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-936797-54-7