Linda Nemec Foster is the author of twelve collections of poetry including The Blue Divide, The Lake Michigan Mermaid (2019 Michigan Notable Book), Talking Diamonds (finalist for ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year in Poetry), Amber Necklace from Gdansk (finalist for the Ohio Book Award in Poetry), and Living in the Fire Nest (finalist for the Poet's Prize). Foster's most recent book, Bone Country, is her first full-length collection of prose poems. Her work has been published in The Georgia Review, Nimrod, North American Review, New American Writing, DoubleTake, Indiana Review, Quarterly West, Invisible City, Coal Hill Review, Vox Populi, Paterson Literary Review, Verse Daily, and Best Small Fictions 2022, among others. She has been included in numerous anthologies published in the US, UK, Ireland, and Poland. Her poetry has been translated in Europe, exhibited in museums and galleries, produced for the stage and screen, and has inspired original music compositions by jazz pianist Steve Talaga (Contemplating the Heavens) and musician and performer Laszlo Slomovits (Ten Songs from Bulgaria/Cry of Freedom). Foster's work has been honored with awards from the Arts Foundation of Michigan, National Writers Voice, the Dyer-Ives Foundation, the Polish American Historical Association, The Poetry Center (NJ), Fish Anthology (Ireland), and the Academy of American Poets. She was selected to be the inaugural Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan (2003-05) and is the founder of the Contemporary Writers Series at Aquinas College.Read more about this authorRead less about this author