Education
She was educated at New College of Florida, Syracuse University, and the University of Houston.
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Karen Volkman
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She has taught at several universities, including the University of Alabama, University of Pittsburgh, University of Chicago, and Columbia College Chicago. She currently lives in Missoula, and teaches in the Master of Fine Arts writing program at the University of Montana-Missoula.
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Pushcart Prize; James Laughlin Award; National Poetry Series Spar, winner of the James Laughlin Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize Crash's Law, selected for the National Poetry Series by Heather McHugh.
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best 'poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot' published in the small presses over the previous year.; The James Laughlin Award, formerly the Lamont Poetry Prize, is given annually for a poet's second published book; it is the only major poetry award that honors a second book.The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best 'poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot' published in the small presses over the previous year.; The James Laughlin Award, formerly the Lamont Poetry Prize, is given annually for a poet's second published book; it is the only major poetry award that honors a second book.