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Karen.

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The etymological origin
of Karen is also Greek.

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In Greek, Karen means pure.

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The actual origin of Karen
is Panama City, Panama.

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Karen means poet, critic,
collaborator, editor,

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buttonmaster, mother,
wife, daughter, and friend.

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The poetic origins
of Karen can be

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found in her poetry collection
Chinoiserie, winner of the 2011

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Sawtooth Poetry
Prize, and published

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by Ahsahta Press in 2012, as
well as her chapbooks Savage

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Machinery and Festival Bone.

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Awarded a fellowship from
the National Endowment

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of the Arts and a residency
at Vermont Studio Center,

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she has been published in
Poetry Daily, Washington Square,

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Meridian, Canteen, the Arcadia
Project, New England Review,

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Failbetter.com,
and other venues.

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She is currently a participant
in the 2013 Flying House

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Project, a collaboration
between artists and writers.

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And she resides in
Gilbert, Arizona

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with her husband and son.

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You can learn more about Karen's
many origins at karenrigby.com.