Raised on a farm in the area the Abenaki people called Quascacunquen, Karen Kilcup is the Elizabeth Rosenthal Excellence Professor Emerita at UNC Greensboro. Kilcup’s award-winning publications include a full-length volume, The Art of Restoration and a chapbook, Red Appetite. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she has a second chapbook, Black Nebula, and a second full-length collection, Feathers and Wedges (2024).