Holly Karapetkova is the author of two collections of poetry, Towline (Cloudbank Books, 2016), winner of the Vern Rutsala Poetry Prize, and Words We Might One Day Say (Washington Writers’ Publishing House, 2010). Her poetry, prose, and translations have appeared in Prairie Schooner, RHINO, The Nashville Review, and The Southern Review, among others. She is an associate professor in the department of Literature and Languages at Marymount University.