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. Originally from Massachusetts, she holds an MFA from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her poetry has appeared in The Cincinnati Review, Gettysburg Review, Hotel Amerika, The Journal, jubilat, Mid-American Review, Poetry Northwest, Sixth Finch, and elsewhere, and 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.