Karin gottshall biography michigan
Karin Gottshall..
Karin Gottshall is the author of two books of poems: Crocus (winner of the.Karin Gottshall lives in Vermont and teaches at Middlebury College. Her first book, Crocus, won the Poets Out Loud prize and was published by Fordham University Press in 2007. She is also the author of three chapbooks—Flood Letters (Argos Books), Almanac for the Sleepless (Dancing Girl Press), and Swans (Argos Books).
Her poems have appeared in Blackbird, Crazyhorse, FIELD, The Gettysburg Review, and elsewhere.
Shelley Wong: Congratulations on winning! We are thrilled and very excited to bring this book into the world.
What was the writing process like for this book and how did it compare with writing your first book, Crocus?
What Gottshall unpacks in this poem is personal mythology: We are the stories told about our lives.
How did the three-part structure come together?
Karin Gottshall: Thank you! I am so grateful for and humbled by this prize. The Wheeler Prize book is one I’m interested in every year, and I’m so proud that The River Won’t Hold You will be in this series.
Kathy Fagan is a poet whose work and contributions I love and admire so much, so t