Monica Berlin

Monica Berlin is a poet and essayist based in Galesburg, Illinois, where she teaches at Knox College as an associate professor and chairs the English department. Her collaborative collection with Beth Marzoni, No Shape Bends the River So Long, was published by Parlor Press's Free Verse Editions imprint in 2015 after winning the New Measure Poetry Prize. Her solo collection Nostalgia for a World Where We Can Live appeared from Southern Illinois University Press in 2018.