Karen Paul HolmesKaren Paul Holmes is the author of the poetry collections No Such Thing As Distance (Terrapin Press February 2018) and Untying the Knot (Aldrich Press 2014). She was named a Best Emerging Poet by Stay Thirsty Magazine in 2016 and received an Elizabet George Foundation poetry grant in 2012. Her publishing credits include Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, Crab Orchard Review, Poetry East, Atlanta Review, and The Southern Poetry Anthology Vol 5: Georgia, among others.Formerly the VP of Communications at a global financial services company, Karen is now a freelance business writer, poet, and "roving" writing teacher. She founded and hosts the Side Door Poets and a monthly writers' night out with an open mic. Read More Read Less