Mackenzie Kozak‘s no swaddle was selected for the Iowa Poetry Prize by Brenda Shaughnessy. The poetry collection “examines the complex question of whether or not to bear children.” Kozak’s other writing has appeared in Boston Review, Colorado Review, DIAGRAM, jubilat, Missouri Review, Muzzle Magazine, Sixth Finch, THRUSH Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. Kozak lives in Asheville, North Carolina. She also works as a therapist specializing in grief counseling.
We asked her to answer our recurring My Reading Life questionnaire so readers could get to know the books that inspired her throughout life.
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