Karen Paul Holmes is the author of two books of poetry, No Such Thing As Distance (Terrapin Books, 2018) and Untying the Knot (Aldrich Press, 2014). She was chosen for Best Emerging Poets by Stay Thirsty Media in 2016, and publications include Prairie Schooner, Poetry East, Atlanta Review, diode, and Poet Lore. To support fellow writers, Karen started and hosts a critique group in Atlanta and Writers’ Night Out in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is also a roving writing workshop teacher and will be holding a poetry workshop with the Tallahassee Writers’ Association on Saturday May 11^th. Here’s a link for more info about that workshop: https://www.facebook.com/events/315831169133011/.

“Karen Paul Holmes lifts up the extraordinary found in the everyday. Here are poems that brim with finely-crafted detail, anchored to place while at the same time embracing change and impermanence." -- Poet Nancy Chen Long

To learn more about Karen, visit her website at https://www.karenpaulholmes.com/.

We hope you’ll join us for the event at My Favorite Books on Friday when she will be reading from and signing copies of her poetry books.