Marybeth Rua-Larsen joined the Powow River Poets in 2016. Her poems, essays, flash fiction and reviews have appeared widely, including American Arts Quarterly, Measure, Magma, Orbis, The Raintown Review, and Crannóg. Her chapbook Nothing In-Between was published by Barefoot Muse Press in 2014. She is Head of Reference at the Somerset Public Library.

Personal Website: https://www.mrualarsen.com/

Books

Nothing In-Between (Barefoot Muse, 2014: Winner of the Open Reading Chapbook Contest)

Poetry Online

“Ben Franklin in Paris, 1783” Shot Glass Journal
“Gooseberry Island at Sunset” in Crannóg and reprinted in Autumn Sky Daily Poetry
“After the Second Miscarriage,” Unbroken
“West Second Street, Oswego, 1986,” Autumn Sky Poetry Daily; winner of the Galway Kinnell Poetry Contest, 2017
“Fall from the Sky,” Unsplendid

Anthologies

The Powow River Poets Anthology II (Able Muse Press, 2021)
The Book of Donuts (Terrapin Books, 2017)
The Doll Collection (Terrapin Books, 2016)
The Best of the Raintown Review: 2009-2015 (Barefoot Muse, 2015)

Honors

Hawthornden International Writing Fellowship in Scotland: 2019
Luso-American Fellowship for the DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal: 2017
Galway Kinnell Poetry Contest, First Place: 2017
Norma Farber/Rosalie Boyle Award, Honorable Mention: 2016
Martha's Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing Fellowship, First Prize: 2016
Over the Edge New Writer of the Year Award in Poetry, First Prize: 2011

Other

Interview, The Herald News