Sarah Vap’s third collection of poems, Faulkner’s Rosary, is forthcoming from Saturnalia Books. She is the author of two books of poetry, American Spikenard (University of Iowa Press, 2007), winner of the 2006 Iowa Poetry Prize, and Dummy Fire (Saturnalia Books, 2007), winner of the 2006 Saturnalia Poetry Prize. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, teaches at Olympic College, and serves as poetry editor for 42opus. 
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