Keetje Kuipers’ fourth collection of poetry, Lonely Women Make Good Lovers, won the Isabella Gardner Award, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and was recommended by Ron Charles for the Washington Post Book Club. Her poetry and prose have appeared in BOMB, the New York Times Magazine, and Poetry, and have been honored by publication in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies. Keetje has been a Stegner Fellow, NEA Literature Fellow in Creative Writing, and the Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Resident. Previously a VP on the board of the National Book Critics Circle, Keetje has taught at many colleges and universities, including Auburn University, where she was a tenured Associate Professor, as well as festivals and conferences around the world from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown to the dual-language writers conference Under the Volcano in Tepoztlán, Mexico. Keetje is currently Editor of Poetry Northwest, and lives with her wife and children in Montana, where she co-directs the Headwaters Reading Series for Health & Well-Being.