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  <title><![CDATA[Karen Head Poem "Proximity" Featured in 'American Life in Poetry']]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>A poem by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.iac.gatech.edu/people/faculty/head">Karen Head</a>, associate professor in the School of Literature, Media and Communication, &quot;Proximity&quot; is featured in <em>American Life in Poetry</em>, a feature that provides newspapers and online publications with a weekly column of modern American poetry. Head&#39;s poem can be found <a href="https://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/current">at this link</a> and in the website&#39;s <a href="https://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/archive">column archive</a>.</p>

<p>In &quot;Proximity,&quot; Head meditates on the demarcation between humans and nature. The poem marks her&nbsp;debut in <em>American Life in Poetry</em>. The poem is from Head&#39;s latest book of poems, <em><a href="https://irisbooks.com/product/lost-on-purpose/">Lost on Purpose</a>. S</em>he is the editor of the international journal <em>Atlanta Review</em>.</p>

<p><em>American Life in Poetry</em> was started by Ted Kooser, the poet laureate of the United States from 2004 to 2006. The project is a collaboration between the Poetry Foundation and the Library of Congress.&nbsp;</p>

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