Holly Pettit is an American poet. Her first book-length collection is For One Who Lives on the Mainland (Pecan Grove Press, 2009). A former army linguist, she studied contemplative traditions at Harvard Divinity School, served as 2003 Visiting Writer to Romania, and attended The Creative Center of New York’s Program for Art in Hospitals. She is a moderator at the Zeugma Poetry Workshop. (updated 8/2009)