Naomi Thiers grew up in California and Pittsburgh, but her chosen home is in the Washington, DC area. In 1992, her poetry collection Only the Raw Hands Are Heaven won the Washington Writers Publishing House competition. Her other books are In Yolo County, and She Was a Cathedral (Finishing Line Press). Her poetry, fiction, and book reviews have been published in Virginia Quarterly Review, Poet Lore, Colorado Review, Pacific Review, Potomac Review, Grist, Sojourners, and many other magazines. Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and featured in anthologies, and she is a former editor of Phoebe. She works as an editor with Educational Leadership and lives in Arlington, VA, on the banks of Four Mile Run.
Paperback: 58 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (October 19, 2020)