Karina van Berkum lives in rural New England. She was a 2016 fellow at Boston University, where she received the Hurley Prize in Poetry. Her work has appeared in publications such as Five Points, Unlikely Stories, and Beltway Poetry Quarterly, among others. Karina is the Editorial Project Coordinator for MIT Sloan Management Review and the co-editor of SpoKe, a poetry annual. Her first book is Warren (MadHat Press, 2021). She lives with her dog and son.