Karen Donovan is the author of Aard-vark to Axolotl, a collection of tiny stories and essays illustrated with engravings from a vintage Webster’s dictionary. Her books of poems are Monad+Monadnock, Planet Parable, Your Enzymes Are Calling the Ancients, and Fugitive Red. She lives in Rhode Island, way too close to the water. Find her at karendonovanpoetry.com.