Karen Volkman's books of poetry are Crash's Law and Spar. Recent work can be found in Chicago Review, Denver Quarterly, Ploughshares, No: A Journal of the Arts, and 1913. She teachers in the MFA program at the Unversity of Montanta.

Other poems by Gulf Coast in Verse Daily:
April 4, 2005:  "Figures We're Meant to Believe In" by George Looney
March 14, 2005:  "The Museum of Being Born" by Jennifer Militello

About Gulf Coast:
Poets in this issue: Bay Anapol, Karen Anderson, Dan Beachy-Quick, Erica Bernheim, Sophie Cabot Black, Jericho Brown, Stephen Burt, Victoria Chang, Darin Ciccotelli, Jonathan J. Clarke, Robin Ekiss, Melissa Ginsburg, Johannes Göransson, Terrance Hayes, Thomas Heise, Brian Henry, Tony Hoagland, James Hoch, Cary Holladay, Joan Houlihan, Allison Eir Jenks, Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis, Kirsten Kaschock, Sally Keith, Deane Lindsey Kern, Ilya Kaminsky, Joanna Klink, Jason Koo, Deborah Landau, Sandra Lim, Ellen Litman, Sonja Livingston, George Looney, Bobbi Lurie, Michael Martone, Adrian Matejka, Ted Mathys, Campbell McGrath, Jennifer Militello, Keya Mitra, Ethan Paquin, Oona Patrick, Joshua Poteat, Chris Powell, Srikanth Reddy, Stephanie Reents, Paisley Rekdal, David Rivard, Martha Ronk, Wendy Sanford, Dominic Smith, Tracy K. Smith, Laura Solomon, Giuseppe Taurino, Judith Taylor, Brian Teare, Karen Volkman, Julie Wade, Tim Weed, Susan Wheeler, Matt Williamson, C. Dale Young, Dean Young, Matt Zambito