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Kara Provost

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 Kara Provost is a poet, runner, mother, and college professor.  Her latest book is a collaboration with two other poets and was published by Main Street Rag in 2011.   Her chapbook Nests was published in 2006 by Finishing Line Press.   She has poetry and memoir published in Connecticut Review, Hurricane Alice, The Newport Review, Tar Wolf Review, The Aurorean, and other journals, as well as in an anthology edited by David Starkey and Wendy Bishop, In Praise of Pedagogy: Poetry, Flash Fiction, and Essays on Composing.

Kara teaches writing and directs the First Year Honors Program at Curry College (Milton, MA) in addition to conducting creative writing workshops. Although she grew up in Florida, she has grudgingly learned to tolerate winter and now lives near Providence, RI with her husband and two daughters.  She can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


Kara's books are available for printing.  See below and click on the titles.

 

 
   Title of Origami Book
Poem Titles

Opening

 

 
Opening
 
Praise Song
 
What We're Made Of
(with recognition of W.S. Merwin)
 
Deep Wild

Baby's Point Of View

 
  Creating
  Baby's Point Of View
  Youngest Daughter's Series
  Picking Up

What They Say

 
 
Dearest Finger:
 
My Dear Ring:
 
Starry Night
 
The House Speaks
(Provincetown, MA)

Everyday Eros

 
 
Brush
 
Everyday Eros
 
Two Pines
 
Clay

Figures of Speech

 
                  
Figure of Speech

 

Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words  
(a semi-found poem)
 
Simile
 
Late