Lori Shine

Lori Shine received her MFA from UMass Amherst in 2004. Her poems have appeared in 6x6, APR, Boston Review, Conduit, New American Writing, Tin House, and other magazines, and in the chapbooks Weather Eye (2025) and Coming Down in White (2007), both with artwork by Kathranne Knight. She and Knight have worked together on multiple collaborative projects, including Correspondence Publishing. Lori has given readings at St. Mark's Church, in art studios, backyards, bars, lecture halls, festivals, and at James Turrell's Roden Crater. For twelve years she worked as a managing editor to independent publishers including Wave Books and Catapult. She currently writes for UMass Magazine and other publications. She lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts.