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KAROL NIELSEN is the author of the memoirs Raising the Price of the House (Finishing Line Press, 2024), Walking A&P (Mascot Books, 2018), and Black Elephants (Bison Books, 2011). Her first memoir was shortlisted for the 2012 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing in nonfiction and was selected as a 2011 Poets & Writers New and Noteworthy Book. Excerpts were honored as Notable Essays in The Best American Essays 2010 and 2005.

Her poetry chapbooks include Small Life (Finishing Line Press, 2022), Vietnam Made Me Who I Am (Finishing Line Press, 2020), and This Woman I Thought I’d Be (Finishing Line Press, 2012). Her forthcoming collection, Cowgirl (Finishing Line Press), was a semifinalist for the 2025 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Compet KAROL NIELSEN is the author of the memoirs Raising the Price of the House (Finishing Line Press, 2024), Walking A&P (Mascot Books, 2018), and Black Elephants (Bison Books, 2011). Her first memoir was shortlisted for the 2012 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing in nonfiction and was selected as a 2011 Poets & Writers New and Noteworthy Book. Excerpts were honored as Notable Essays in The Best American Essays 2010 and 2005.

Her poetry chapbooks include Small Life (Finishing Line Press, 2022), Vietnam Made Me Who I Am (Finishing Line Press, 2020), and This Woman I Thought I’d Be (Finishing Line Press, 2012). Her forthcoming collection, Cowgirl (Finishing Line Press), was a semifinalist for the 2025 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition. Her full-length manuscript, This New Manhattan, was longlisted for the 2021 Terry J. Cox Poetry Award and was selected as a finalist for the 2007 Colorado Prize for Poetry. Her title poem was a finalist for the 2021 Ruth Stone Poetry Prize.

Her work has been published in The Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous & Obscure (Harper Perennial, 2012) and other anthologies. Her memoir excerpts, essays, and poems have appeared in Epiphany, Guernica, Lumina, North Dakota Quarterly, Permafrost, RiverSedge, Smith, and elsewhere. Her poetry book reviews have appeared in Glass: A Journal of Poetry.

She has critiqued books, stories, and essays as a freelance editor, literary magazine editor, and writing instructor. She selected and edited stories and essays as senior editor and nonfiction editor of Epiphany, an award-winning literary magazine in New York City. She also taught creative nonfiction and memoir writing with Gotham Writers Workshop, New York Writers Workshop, and New York University.

She contributed stories and reporting to Jane’s magazines as a correspondent and freelance writer, New York Newsday as a freelance features writer, the New York Times as a stringer, the Stamford Advocate as a freelance op-ed writer, and others. She has an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, where she contributed to the Penn World Review. ...more

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	Black Elephants: A Memoir 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	This Woman I Thought I'd Be: Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Subterranean Blue Poetry: Volume X Issue IV by Rebecca Anne Banks, Gabor G. Gyukics, David Holper (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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