Amber Flora Thomas is the author of Eye of Water (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005), which won the Cave Canem Prize for a first book by a Black poet. Her other books are The Rabbits Could Sing (University of Alaska Press, 2012), and most recently Red Channel in the Rupture (Red Hen Press, 2018). Her poetry has been published widely in journals and anthologies. A native of northern California, she currently lives in North Carolina.
