Holly Karapetkova
About the Poet
Holly Karapetkova is the current Poet Laureate of Arlington County. She is the author of two books of poetry, Words We Might One Day Say, winner of the 2010 Washington Writers’ Publishing House Poetry Award, and Towline, winner of the 2016 Vern Rutsala Poetry Contest from Cloudbank Books. Her current manuscript projects, Still Life With White and Planter’s Wife grapple with the deep wounds left by our history of racism, slavery, and environmental destruction.
She is also the author of over 20 books for children. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in English and Comparative Literature and teaches in the Department of Literature and Languages at Marymount University.
From the author's website.
Region
Northern
Virginia City or County Affiliation
Arlington
Years of Residence in Virginia
15
Current City/State of Residence
Arlington, Virginia
Gender
Female
Race/Ethnicity
White
Year of Birth
1974
Keywords/Tags
Immigration, Anti-racism, Feminism, Translation
Website
Published Works or Performances
- Towline. Cloudbank Books, 2016.
- Words We Might One Day Say. Washington Writers' Publishing House, 2010.
Selected Individual Poems or Performances
- Another Immigrant's Story, 2019.
- There are Boats, 2019.
- At the North Pole, translated from the Bulgarian poem by Dostena Anguelova, 2018
- Southern Gothic, 2016.
- Song of the Exiles, 2016.
Holly Karapetkova