Holly Painter is the author of three books of poetry.
The pressure of all that light (Rebel Satori, 2022) is a poetic exploration of growing up queer and genderqueer.
My Pet Sounds Off: Translating the Beach Boys (Finishing Line, 2020) is a satirical English-to-English translation of Beach Boys hits.
Excerpts from a Natural History (Titus, 2015) is an experimental poetic encyclopedia, counterfactual history of natural philosophy, travelogue, doomed workplace romance, & meditation on marginalia.
Holly's next poetry collection, At last, we listen closely: cryptic crossword poems, will be published in 2024 by Black Spring Press.
Her fiction, poetry, & essays have been published in literary journals on four continents. She lives with her wife & two children in Vermont, where she teaches at the University of Vermont.