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Betsy Sholl

Betsy Sholl is the author of seven volumes of poetry, most recently, Rough Cradle (Alice James Books, 2009). Her book Don't Explain (University of Wisconsin) won the 1997 Felix Pollak Prize, and The Red Line (University of Pittsburgh Press) won the 1992 AWP Poetry Prize. She has poems currently or forthcoming in Field, Image, Brilliant Corners, andBelief and Literature, among other journals. She is the recipient of grants from the NEA and the Maine Arts Commission. She teaches at the University of Southern Maine and in the MFA Program of Vermont College. She is the current Poet Laureate of Maine.