K.M. HANSLIK

poet, author, editor

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My writing explores the nature of change, the psychology of grief, and landscapes as bridges between the physical and the spiritual.

EXPLORE MY WRITING

BONES:

POEMS ON RECLAMATION

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RECENT

PUBLICATIONS

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“Hanslik writes with striking precision, her lines so musical they ask to be read aloud.”

— Allison Mei-Li, author of A History of Holding: Poems on Motherhood

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