Writer
As a writer and as a poet especially, Hollis believes that nothing is ever wasted. Any observation or experience, any snippet of conversation, is fair game, and so she is never, ever without a notebook. Worlds can be created with very few words doing double or triple duty until they sing or hurt – or both.
Unlikely Skylight is her début collection, but Hollis’ poems (one nominated for a Pushcart Prize) have been published in multiple journals, including Rattle, Barrow Street, Phoebe, the Ocean State Review, VIA, AMS/Cipher Literary Magazine, Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, Root & Star, Global Poemic, Lilith, Carmina Magazine, and Scoundrel Time.
Hollis studied poetry writing with Sharon Olds (Southampton Writers Conference) and Daniel Hoffman (Penn), and she has Peter Covino to thank for his boundless inspiration and critical eye. She loves doing readings, from the formally organized to the joyful chaos of a slam or an open mic.
