About the Author

Born in the Republic of Panama in 1979, Karen Rigby now lives and writes in Arizona. Her latest poetry book is Fabulosa (JackLeg Press, 2024.) Her debut poetry book, Chinoiserie (Ahsahta Press, 2012), was selected by Paul Hoover for a 2011 Sawtooth Poetry Prize, and described by Booklist as “poignant, powerful, and urgent.”

Karen’s work has been honored by a National Endowment for the Arts literature fellowship, a Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, and an Artist Opportunity Grant from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. She is a 2023 recipient of an Artist Opportunity Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Her poetry is published in journals such as The London Magazine, Poetry Northwest, The Oxonian Review, and Australian Book Review.

She’s read for venues including Rice University, Otis College of Art & Design, and the Tucson Festival of Books, and served as an AWP Writer to Writer Mentor (Season 20 and Season 18). A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Karen freelances as a book reviewer.

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