Lola Haskins’ work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Christian Science Monitor, The London Review of Books, London Magazine, Georgia Review, Southern Review, Prairie Schooner and
elsewhere. Her most recent collection of poetry is The Rim Benders (Anhinga, 2001). Her other books include Extranjera (Story
Line, 1998),Hunger (Iowa, 1993/Story Line 1996), Forty-Four Ambitions for the Piano (University Press of Florida, 1990 / Betony Press 1993), and Castings
(Countryman Press, 1983, Betony Press, 1989). Desire Lines, New and Selected Poems, is forthcoming from BOA in 2004.
Among Ms. Haskins' awards are the Iowa Poetry Prize (for Hunger), four poetry fellowships from the state of Florida, two NEAs, and the Writer
Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America. She has been lucky enough to have collaborated with artists in other fields-- visual arts, music, and dance. In
2001 she shared the role of Mata Hari with a dancer in a full-length ballet whose libretto she wrote. Her day job is teaching Computer Science at
the University of Florida in Gainesville.
More of Ms. Haskins’ work may be found at www.lolahaskins.com. To email
her,clickhere.