​Leah Poole Osowski is the author of hover over her  (Kent State University Press 2016), chosen by Adrian Matejka for the 2015 Wick Poetry Prize. Her poetry has appeared in The Southern Review, The Cincinnati Review, Gettysburg Review, Ninth Letter, jubilat, Poetry Northwest, and The Massachusetts Review. Her nonfiction has appeared in Black Warrior Review, Indiana Review, and Quarterly West. She has received fellowships from Image  Journal's Glen Workshop and the Vermont Studio Center, and is on the editorial staff of Raleigh Review.  Originally from Massachusetts, she holds an MFA from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is the current Emerging Writer in Residence at Penn State Altoona.