Lola Haskins

Lola Haskins’ translations have appeared in Subtropics, Blue Lyra and Rowboat. Her own poetry has appeared in The Atlantic, The Christian Science Monitor, The London Review of Books, Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, Rattle and elsewhere. Her most recent collection is The Grace to Leave (Anhinga, 2012). Among her awards are two Florida book awards, the Iowa Poetry Prize, four Florida writing fellowships, two NEAs, two narrative poetry prizes, and the Emily Dickinson/Writer Magazine Award from The Poetry Society of America. Retired from teaching Computer Science, she is now on the faculty of Rainier Writer’s Workshop, a low residency MFA program. She will be Writer in Residence at Zion National Park in March, 2015. For more information, please visit her at www.lolahaskins.com.