Carol Rucks graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, where she studied Literature and Creative Writing with David Steingass and Dave Engel. She also studied with Jude Nutter and Thomas Smith at the Loft Literary Center, and with Roseann Lloyd in Latin American as part of Art Workshops in Guatemala. She has worked mainly in libraries, especially the Art/Music/Literature reference desk at the Minneapolis Central Library.
Her poems have been published in Abraxas, West Branch, Colere, Earth’s Daughters, Poetry Quarterly, and elsewhere. She is the author of the poetry collections Evidence of Rain (Nodin Press, 2014) and Wavelength (Kelsay Books, 2023). She lives in Minneapolis with her husband Mark McHugh.
Paperback: 124 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (December 12, 2024)