Kathy Nilsson lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and son. She received a BA in English Literature from Mount Holyoke College, an MFA in poetry from the Bennington Writing Seminars and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and The New York State Writer’s Institute. Her poems have appeared in PLOUGHSHARES, BOSTON REVIEW, POETRY DAILY, COLUMBIA, VOLT and other literary journals. Her chapbook, THE ABATTOIR, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2008. Her manuscript, BLACK LEMONS, was a finalist in the Tupelo First Book Award and THE INFANT SCHOLAR was selected for Honorable Mention in the Steven’s Poetry Manuscript Competition sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. She is a recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Robert H. Winner Award. As fulltime wife and mother for the last twenty-one years she has worn many hats: cook, maid, dog catcher, veterinary assistant, policeman, parole officer, nurse, therapist, accountant, dancer, hospice volunteer, interventionist, gardener, locksmith and pirate. To her family she has made herself available like Houdini without regret.
Kathy Nilsson lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and son. She received a BA in English Literature from Mount Holyoke College, an MFA in poetry from the Bennington Writing Seminars and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and The New York State Writer’s Institute. Her poems have appeared in PLOUGHSHARES, BOSTON REVIEW, POETRY DAILY, COLUMBIA, VOLT and other literary journals. Her chapbook, THE ABATTOIR, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2008. Her manuscript, BLACK LEMONS, was a finalist in the Tupelo First Book Award and THE INFANT SCHOLAR was selected for Honorable Mention in the Steven’s Poetry Manuscript Competition sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. She is a recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Robert H. Winner Award. As fulltime wife and mother for the last twenty-one years she has worn many hats: cook, maid, dog catcher, veterinary assistant, policeman, parole officer, nurse, therapist, accountant, dancer, hospice volunteer, interventionist, gardener, locksmith and pirate. To her family she has made herself available like Houdini without regret.