I don't feel like a very patriotic person these days. I'm not proud of America—neither now nor of our past. I don't really understand what American culture is and, when I do, it makes me sad and angry to think that foreigners associate Americans with loud, pushy, short-sentenced, nouveau riche, white men. At a Gillian …
Category: Poetry
My First Chapbook!
I'm so happy to announce that my first chapbook, Pulse, is now available from Ghost City Press! If you are also compelled by bodies and gravity and light and desire, please visit their website to download a PDF copy. Pulse is free but, should you choose to donate, all donations will come directly to me--so thank you …
I’m on a podcast!
Check out Colorado Review's most recent podcast episode! I sit down with Meghan Pipe and Stephanie G'Schwind to discuss the Fall issue of the magazine and other literary things we're grateful for. Listen to me read some dope poems from the issue! http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/november-2017-podcast-fallwinter-2017-editors-chat/ Love to all.
An Interview
If you're curious about my new job as a managing editor at the Colorado Review, check out my recent interview with the English Department at Colorado State University: https://english.colostate.edu/2017/10/humans-eddy-katherine-indermaur-2/ Love to all!
New Poem: “American Bison”
Hello, everyone! Long time no see. It's been a little crazy here starting a new semester and a new job, but I promise I've been up to things. The lovely online poetry mag Muse /A Journal just came out with their gorgeous fifth issue, and my poem "American Bison" (hmmm, wonder what it could be about?) …
A National Wound
Something I’ve been considering lately—and I know I’m not alone in this—is our current political moment in America. Not only is our president unpopular and repulsively incapable of coherence, but many recent events are arguably assembling into an assault on empathy and compassion. This nonstop rhetoric of division. Trump backed the US out of the …
National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, so what better time of year for a blog post about poetry? When I was an undergraduate, one of my English professors challenged all the students in my class to think of just five living poets (published, please- not your friend who has a Tumblr). I was surprised but not …
