Emily Koehn
Bio
Emily grew up in a small, southern spa and gambling town, Hot Springs,
Arkansas. She earned her B.A. in Creative Writing from Oberlin College, her
M.F.A. from Purdue University, and her M.S.W. from University of Houston. She
has taught poetry and writing at Purdue University, Cabrillo College, Rutgers
University, Southern Maine Community College, and Bates College. She has also
been a writer-in-residence at M.D. Anderson and at the Discovery Green Park
through the Writers in the Schools (WITS) program in Houston, Texas. She
currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and works for Center of Creative Arts
(COCA) and the St. Louis Poetry Center teaching creative writing in the public
schools. She is the St. Louis Poetry Inside Out site coordinator for the Poetry
in Translation program. Her work has been nominated for the Best New Poets
series and for three Pushcart Prizes. She received a Dodge Foundation
Fellowship for the Vermont Studio Center, a scholarship to attend the Juniper
Writing Institute, and was a 2017 and 2018 Discovery/Boston
Review Contest Semi-Finalist.
Selected Published Poems
"Birthday," Southern
Humanities Review, forthcoming.
"Backyard," and "Winter In The Bible
Belt," Painted Bride Quarterly, forthcoming.
"Dead Battery Contestant," Cincinnati
Review, forthcoming.
"Home" and
"Miniature Horses," The
Journal.
"At the Convention Center," Crab
Creek Review.
"A Goodbye Of Sorts," Fence.
"Arboretum By The Freeway After She Was
Killed," National
Poetry Review.
"Dear Daughter," Bellingham
Review.
"Too Many," Crazyhorse.
"Dear College, December" and "Monday," Tinderbox.
"And The Winner Is," Vinyl.
"Leaving Is A Playground Is Not Love," Thrush.
"Small House," Bear Review.
"To Tell" and "A Story," Pleiades.
"Morning Triptych," Denver Quarterly.
"Idea of
Seams, 'As Is'," Puerto del Sol.
"Driving, Modified," and "More Modifications," CutBank.
"Silver and Scar," and "Karaoke," Hiram Review.
"In the Snow," and "At the Mechanic's," The
Greensboro Review.
"All Night Classical Bowling," On the Page.