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Flint, Michigan, The United States

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Kristin Abraham is the author of The Disappearing Cowboy Trick (Horse Less Press, 2013) and two chapbooks: Little Red Riding Hood Missed the Bus (Subito Press, 2008) and Orange Reminds You of Listening (Elixir Press, 2006).

Her poetry and lyric essays have appeared in numerous publications, including Best New Poets 2005, Columbia Poetry Review, LIT, and American Letters & Commentary.

Abraham teaches at a community college in Wyoming, and lives in Colorado, where she serves as editor-in-chief and poetry editor of the literary magazine Spittoon.

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Enter the Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest, National and Regional

The Midwest Writing Center Announces its 37th Annual Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest
http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org/

2010 National Judge: Louise Mathias, author of Lark Apprentice and Above All Else, the Trembling Resembles a Forest

2010 Regional Judge: Stephen Frech, author of Toward Evening and the Day Far Spent, If Not for These Wrinkles of Darkness and The Dark Villages of Childhood.

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Published on March 06, 2010 20:23 • Tags: louise-mathias, poetry-contest, stephen-frech

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	Little Red Riding Hood Missed the Bus 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orange Reminds You of Listening 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caketrain Issue 05 by Kristin Abraham (Goodreads Author), Matthew Cooperman (Goodreads Author), Anya Johanna DeNiro (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best New Poets 2005 by George Garrett (Editor), Jeb Livingood (Series Editor), Kristin Abraham (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disappearing Cowboy Trick 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Lucks #3 by Kristin Abraham (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Manuela Arundel (Contributor), Mark Decarteret (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Like a child, the earth's going to sleep,
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And the mother says, You may not be tired but I'm tired”
― Louise Gluck

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