Lola Haskins is a poet and writer. The author of fourteen books, her most recent poetry collection is How Small, Confronting Morning (Jacar, 2016). Her last two books — The Grace to Leave (Anhinga, 2012) and Still, the Mountain (Paper Kite, 2010) — won Florida Book Awards. Her in-print books of poems are Desire Lines, New and Selected Poems (BOA Editions, 2004), Extranjera (Story Line, 1998), and The Rim Benders (Anhinga, 2001). Ms. Haskins’ prose writings include Fifteen Florida Cemeteries, Strange Tales Unearthed (University Press of Florida, 2011) and an advice book for people interested in poetry, Not Feathers Yet: A Beginner’s Guide to the Poetic Life (Backwaters, 2007). A two-time NEA Fellowship recipient, a four-time Florida State Individual Artist Fellowship recipient and winner of the Elizabeth Dickinson prize from the Poetry Society of America, Haskins is currently serving a four-year term as Honorary Chancellor of the Florida State Poets Association. Presented in partnership with SWWIM.