Kate Gleason

KATE GLEASON's full-length collection of poetry, Measuring the Dark, was selected by Phillis Levin for the 2008 First Book Award at Zone 3 Press. She is also the author of two chapbooks of poetry. Visit her web site at www.kategleason.net. Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Verse Daily, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Green Mountains Review, Crab Orchard Review, Sonora Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, etc. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, she is a recipient of writing fellowships from the NEA (in conjunction with the Ragdale Foundation artist colony), the Vermont Studio Center, and the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Formerly the editor of Peregrine literary journal and a poet in the schools, she leads writing workshops, retreats, and seminars.