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Lindsay Turner's third poetry collection, Middle Slope, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2026. Her previous books are The Upstate (University of Chicago Press, 2023) and Songs & Ballads (Prelude Books, 2018). Her translations from the French include books of poetry and philosophy by Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Anne Dufourmantelle, Stéphane Bouquet, and others, as well as several children's books. Originally from northeast Tennessee, she lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with her husband and son.

She is represented by PJ Mark at Janklow & Nesbit.

contact: lkturner at gmail dot com

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LKT / 2020

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