Karen Lepri is the author of INCIDENTS OF SCATTTERING (Noemi, 2014) and the chapbook Fig. I (Horse Less Press, 2012). Lepri was the recipient of 2012 Noemi Poetry Prize. Lepri holds an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University. Her poems, translations, & reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in 1913, 6x6, Beloit Poetry Journal, Boston Review, Best New Poets, Chicago Review, Conjunctions, Horse Less Review, Lana Turner, Mandorla, Shearsman, TYPO, & Vanitas, Poetry Daily, and elsewhere. She lives in Sunset Park, Brooklyn and teaches at Queens College while working towards her PhD in English at the CUNY Graduate Center.