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Biography:
Huston was born February 11, 1949 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, raised in West Salem, Wisconsin. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in (English) education in 1993.
Huston earned her Master of Arts/ Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 2003. She taught creative writing and literature at Neenah High School, Neenah, Wisconsin, from 1994–2009.
2017-2018 Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Karla Huston, lives in Appleton, Wisconsin. Huston’s poems find their roots in the stories people tell—those memories and perceptions, personal and cultural mythologies which define us as human. From ancient Greek gods to Hollywood movie stars, Huston’s poems explore a wide variety of subjects, but frequently return to topics related to aging and women.
The author of eight chapbooks of poems, the latest Grief Bone, (Five Oaks Press), and a full collection A Theory of Lipstick (Main Street Rag Publications), Huston’s work has garnered many awards, including a Pushcart Prize for the poem “Theory of Lipstick.” She received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association for her collection of the same title. Her writing has earned residencies at Ragdale Foundation as well as the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Her chapbook, Flight Patterns won the Main Street Rag Chapbook Contest in 2003. Huston has also been awarded three Jade Rings (one for fiction, two for poetry) from Wisconsin Writers’ Association.
(From https://www.wfop.org/karla-huston/)
Works by Karla Huston:
Huston was born February 11, 1949 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, raised in West Salem, Wisconsin. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in (English) education in 1993.
Huston earned her Master of Arts/ Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 2003. She taught creative writing and literature at Neenah High School, Neenah, Wisconsin, from 1994–2009.
2017-2018 Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Karla Huston, lives in Appleton, Wisconsin. Huston’s poems find their roots in the stories people tell—those memories and perceptions, personal and cultural mythologies which define us as human. From ancient Greek gods to Hollywood movie stars, Huston’s poems explore a wide variety of subjects, but frequently return to topics related to aging and women.
The author of eight chapbooks of poems, the latest Grief Bone, (Five Oaks Press), and a full collection A Theory of Lipstick (Main Street Rag Publications), Huston’s work has garnered many awards, including a Pushcart Prize for the poem “Theory of Lipstick.” She received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association for her collection of the same title. Her writing has earned residencies at Ragdale Foundation as well as the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Her chapbook, Flight Patterns won the Main Street Rag Chapbook Contest in 2003. Huston has also been awarded three Jade Rings (one for fiction, two for poetry) from Wisconsin Writers’ Association.
(From https://www.wfop.org/karla-huston/)
Works by Karla Huston:
- A Halo of Watchful Eyes (Wolf Angel Press (defunct), 1997)
- Pencil Test (Cassandra Press (defunct), 2002)
- Flight Patterns (Main Street Rag Publications, 2003)
- Virgins on the Rocks (Parallel Press, 2004)
- Catch and Release (Marsh River Editions, 2005)
- An Inventory of Lost Things (Centennial Press,2009)
- Split Personality Karla Huston and Cathryn Cofell (Sunny Outside, 2012)
- A Theory of Lipstick (Main Street Rag Publications, 2013)
- Outside of a Dog (Dancing Girl Press, 2013)
- Grief Bone (Five Oaks Press, 2017)
- Between the Sheets Karla Huston, Cathryn Cofell, Bruce Dethlefsen, Annette Grunseth, Michael Koehler, Carrie Rellis, and Peter Sherrill (Perma Press (defunct), 2002)
