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Kathleen Balma is the author of the poetry collection FROM YOUR HOSTESS AT THE T&A MUSEUM (Black Spring Press Group, 2022). A Fulbright fellow and Pushcart Prize winner, she is the recipient of scholarships from Sewanee Writers' Conference and Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, a commendation from the Troubadour International Poetry Prize, and a fellowship from Rivendell Writers' Colony. Her work has appeared in the Australian International Poetry Prize Anthology, Silence; Best New Poets; the Montreal International Poetry Prize Anthology; Verse Daily; and elsewhere. She grew up near Cave-in-Rock State Park and works at New Orleans Public Library. ...more

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