BookWoman 2nd Thursday Poetry featuring Karen Kevorkian

Thu Apr 09 2026 at 07:15 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-05:00

BookWoman | Austin

Cindy Huyser
Publisher/HostCindy Huyser
BookWoman 2nd Thursday Poetry featuring Karen Kevorkian
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BookWoman celebrates Karen Kevorkian's fourth collection, Here in My Body It Feels Crowded (Walton Well Press, 2025). An open mic follows.
About this Event

BookWoman welcomes Los Angeles poet Karen Kevorkian, who will be joining us via Zoom for this in-store / Zoom hybrid program. A "round robin" open mic follows the feature.

If you're joining us in-store at 5501 N. Lamar #A-105, be sure to bring a mask, as BookWoman continues to require them in the spirit of protecting the vulnerable among us. And if you're joining us via Zoom, be sure to register via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/j7lT0h5jTCWs07k2wIl0Ow) and to log into your Zoom account with email and password before accessing the link.

Karen Kevorkian has four published poetry collections—Here in My Body It Feels Crowded (Walton Well Press), Quivira (3:A Taos Press), Lizard Dream (What Books Press), White Stucco Black Wing (Red Hen Press)., and a fifth unpublished collection, The Body the Distance Traveled. Born in San Antonio, Kevorkian now lives in Los Angeles but for significant periods has made her home in Austin, Richmond, Salt Lake City, Berkeley, Charlottesville, and San Francisco. She was educated at the University of Texas, University of Virginia, and University of Utah, receiving an MFA in Virginia where she studied with Greg Orr. In Salt Lake she studied with Larry Levis and Mark Strand. She worked for17 years as publications editor at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, for 5 years as an adjunct faculty member teaching creative writing at the University of Virginia, and for 13 years as a continuing lecturer in creative writing at the University of California Los Angeles.

Karen Kevorkian's poems are published in many journals, among them—Massachusetts Review, New American Writing, Four Way Review, Volt, Taos Journal of Poetry, Verse Daily, Laurel Review, Denver Quarterly, Michigan Quarterly Review, Poetry International, Quarterly West, Agni, Shenandoah, Texas Poetry Review, Rio Grande Review, Third Coast, Mississippi Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Hambone, Antioch Review, and Witness. She’s reviewed for Colorado Review, Poetry Northwest, LA Times Review of Books, Poetry International, and Virginia Quarterly Review.

Contact BookWoman to order your copy of Here in My Body It Feels Crowded, Quivira, and other titles for in-store pickup, curbside delivery and direct-from-warehouse shipping: [email protected]; (512)472-2785; https://ebookwoman.com.



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