Karen.
The etymological origin of Karen is also Greek.
In Greek, Karen means pure.
The actual origin of Karen is Panama City, Panama.
Karen means poet, critic, collaborator, editor,
buttonmaster, mother, wife, daughter, and friend.
The poetic origins of Karen can be
found in her poetry collection Chinoiserie, winner of the 2011
Sawtooth Poetry Prize, and published
by Ahsahta Press in 2012, as well as her chapbooks Savage
Machinery and Festival Bone.
Awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment
of the Arts and a residency at Vermont Studio Center,
she has been published in Poetry Daily, Washington Square,
Meridian, Canteen, the Arcadia Project, New England Review,
Failbetter.com, and other venues.
She is currently a participant in the 2013 Flying House
Project, a collaboration between artists and writers.
And she resides in Gilbert, Arizona
with her husband and son.
You can learn more about Karen's many origins at karenrigby.com.