BIO: Karen Garthe is the author of four full-length books: (vagrant (one) in thin air, collaboration of poetry and collage, forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil; the hauntRoad, Spuyten Duyvil 2018; The Banjo Clock, University of California Press 2012, and Frayed escort (Colorado Prize, 2005), as well as the chapbook Cafe between wars, Red Glass Books 2014. She lives in New York City.