Ruth Holzer is the author of nine chapbooks, most recently, “Float” (Kelsay Books) and “Living in Laconia” (Gyroscope Press). Her poems have appeared in Blue Unicorn, California Quarterly, Freshwater, Journal of New Jersey Poets, POEM, Slant and many other journals and anthologies. A multiple Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, she has won the Edgar Allan Poe Memorial Prize, the Tanka Splendor Award and the Ito-En Art of Haiku Contest Grand Prize.