Hold Like Owls - Paperback

by Julia Koets (Author), Nikky Finney (Foreword by)

"Koets has a penchant for surprising metaphor. She possesses a personal delight for the highest flying verbs and their alluring descriptors. . . . I am grateful to this poet for this first book of poems. I am grateful for what she has taken the time to remind me of. She is just getting started. I applaud the alphabet spilling from her hands."-Nikky Finney, author of Head Off & Split, from the foreword

Front Jacket

Poems exploring memories and identity forged by growing up in the South

Author Biography

Julia Koets holds an M.F.A. from the University of South Carolina. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including Indiana Review; Los Angeles Review; Euphony; and Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts. A native of Summerville, South Carolina, Koets currently lives in San Francisco.