Keetje Kuipers

Keetje Kuipers is the author of three collections: Beautiful in the Mouth, winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize; The Keys to the Jail; and All Its Charms, which was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and includes poems honored by publication in both The Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies. Keetje has been a Stegner Fellow, Bread Loaf Fellow, and the Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Resident. She lives with her wife and children in Missoula where she is Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Montana, Editor of Poetry Northwest, and a board member at the National Book Critics Circle.