Karen BlomainKaren Blomain has published widely, including Black Diamond and The Slap and a collection of poems, Borrowed Light. She is the recipient of the F. Lammot Belia Arts Award as well as awards from the Academy of American Poets and te Djerassi Foundation. A native of the Archbald and Scranton areas of Pennsylvania, she now teaches professional writing at Kutztown University and lives in Uniondale with her husband, writer and photographer Michael Downend. Read More Read Less