Joan E. Bauer

Joan E. Bauer is the author of three full-length poetry collections: The Almost Sound of Drowning (Main Street Rag, 2008), The Camera Artist (Turning Point, 2021), and Fig Season (Turning Point, 2023). For some years, she worked as a teacher and counselor. Recent work has appeared in Chiron Review, Paterson Literary Review, and Slipstream. She divides her time between Venice, CA and Pittsburgh, PA, where she co-hosts and curates the Hemingway’s Summer Poetry Series with Kristofer Collins. Find her on Twitter. 

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