Assistant Professor of English
Office
Moreland 350
Phone
541-737-1661
Email
karen.holmberg@oregonstate.edu
Education
Ph.D. University of Missouri
M.F.A. in Poetry Writing, University of California, Irvine
M.A. in Slavic Languages & Literatures, University of Southern California
B.A. Middlebury College
Areas of specialization
20th Century American Poetry, 19th Century British Poetry and Prose,
Science and Poetry, Anglo-Russian Studies.
Selected publications
Books
The Perseids, University of North Texas Press (2001).
Poems
"Ephemerata," Southern
Poetry Review, forthcoming, Fall 2009.
"Obeisance," Hotel
Amerika, forthcoming Fall 2009.
"All This Fits in the Palm of Your Hand," Cream City Review, Fall, 2008.
"Sutures," The Healing
Muse, Fall 2007.
"Man O'War," Natural
Bridge, Fall 2007.
"Unprepossessing," The
Southeast Review, Fall 2006.
"Living Fossil," Southern
Poetry Review, Fall 2005.
"Reflections of Home," Quarterly West, Fall 2005.
"HEAR ALL MY THOUGHTS," Modern Language Studies, Fall
2004.
"The Perseids," Paris Review, 2001.
Grants, awards and honors
Vassar Miller Prize, 2000
Discovery/The Nation Prize, 1996