When Mockingbirds Sing

by Katherine Nelson-Born

$13.99, paper

Katherine grew up in New Orleans and attended UNO before heading off to grad school to earn her MFA, then her PHD, and then taking up residence in Pensacola, Florida where she lives with her husband and daughter and writes and consults for K & K Manuscript Editing.

Her poems have been published by the Alabama Writers Conclave, http://alalit.com/, Alyss, http://alysslit.com/issue-tre/, the Birmingham Poetry Review, Emerald Coast Review, Excelsior ReView, GSU Review, Longleaf Pine, Maple Leaf Rag and Penumbra.

Her poetry has a bittersweet grounding in her childhood and New Orleans roots, seasoned with her survival of hurricanes, breast cancer, and lost loved ones and flavored with a fierce determination to live life to its fullest.

Katherine has previously won UNOs Ellipsis award for poetry, placed twice among finalists in the Agnes Scott College Writers Festival, and was awarded honorable mention at the 2015 Fairhope Alabama Writers Conclave.

Rating: *****[5 of 5 Stars!]