Kara Olson
Kara Olson (she/her) is a poet and educator. She is a graduate of Warren Wilson’s MFA Program for Writers, a recipient of a Jerome Foundation-supported residency at the Anderson Center, and a member of the Queer Voices writing circles in collaboration with Hennepin County and Quatrefoil Library. Her poem “Last Night” was selected by Donika Kelly as winner of the Sewanee Review's 2020 Poetry Contest. Additional poems appear in the Hyacinth Review, TAYO Literary Magazine, and Water-Stone Review. She lives in Minneapolis and teaches at North Hennepin Community College.