Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/weekly-poem-morning-and-as-sun-is-born-by-joan-houlihan Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Joan Houlihan has published three books, including “The Us” (2009, Tupelo Press). In 2004, she founded the Concord Poetry Center, and in 2006 she established the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference for advanced writers. She teaches at Lesley University’s low-residency M.F.A. in Creative Writing program.