Maureen Owen

Born in Graceville, Minnesota, poet and editor Maureen Owen was educated at Seattle University and San Francisco State University, where she earned a BA. In 1965, she moved to Japan, where she studied the practices of haiku and renku as well as Zen Buddhism. Owen is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Edges of Water (2013), Erosion’s Pull (2006), American Rush: Selected Poems (1998), American Book Award–winner AE (Amelia Earhart) (1984), and The No-Travels Journal (1975). For nearly 30 years, she collaborated with a group of poets, including Pat Nolan and Sandy Berrigan, on the haikai no renga collection Poetry For Sale (2015). Her work is also featured in the anthology Moving Borders: Three Decades of Innovative Writing by Women (1998). (Source)