Karen Loeb’s work spans genre, style, and form. At once a writer of riveting short fiction and terse yet impactful poetry, the stories she tells garner intense emotional reactions from readers and live audiences alike. Loeb is a prominent author of several poems and prose pieces, including her story collection, Jump Rope Queen, which won a Minnesota Voices Project Award. Since then, the UW-Eau Claire professor emerita of English has received several additional awards including Pen Syndicated Fiction awards and an editor’s choice award in the Raymond Carver contest. Her work has appeared in literary journals such as New Ohio Review, Hanging Loose, and Main Street Rag – just to name a few.