Kate Baer | |
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Occupation | Poet |
Alma mater | Eastern Mennonite University |
Notable works | What Kind of Woman I Hope This Finds You Well |
Spouse | Austin [1] |
Children | 4 |
Website | |
www |
Kate Baer is an American writer who currently lives in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania. [2] Her writing describes a range of topics, including motherhood, love, and loss. [3]
Baer grew up outside of Philadelphia, [4] the daughter of an elementary school teacher and a meatpacking plant worker-turned-Christian radio host. She learned about poetry as she majored in English at Eastern Mennonite University. [5] Her favorite writer is Margaret Atwood. [6]
Her first piece of paid writing was a book of poetry entitled What Kind of Woman. [7] The book was published in 2020, [8] and topped the New York Times Best Seller list. [9]
In 2020 she started to write poetry for her second book. Leveraging the style of erasure poetry, Baer turned messages and hate mail she received via social media into poems. [10] The poems that resulted were published as a second collection titled I Hope This Finds You Well in 2021. [11]
Baer's third poetry collection, And Yet: Poems, was published on 8 November 2022. [12] Like the previous collections, And Yet: Poems, was a New York Times Best Seller. [13]
Kate Baer | |
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Occupation | Poet |
Alma mater | Eastern Mennonite University |
Notable works | What Kind of Woman I Hope This Finds You Well |
Spouse | Austin [1] |
Children | 4 |
Website | |
www |
Kate Baer is an American writer who currently lives in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania. [2] Her writing describes a range of topics, including motherhood, love, and loss. [3]
Baer grew up outside of Philadelphia, [4] the daughter of an elementary school teacher and a meatpacking plant worker-turned-Christian radio host. She learned about poetry as she majored in English at Eastern Mennonite University. [5] Her favorite writer is Margaret Atwood. [6]
Her first piece of paid writing was a book of poetry entitled What Kind of Woman. [7] The book was published in 2020, [8] and topped the New York Times Best Seller list. [9]
In 2020 she started to write poetry for her second book. Leveraging the style of erasure poetry, Baer turned messages and hate mail she received via social media into poems. [10] The poems that resulted were published as a second collection titled I Hope This Finds You Well in 2021. [11]
Baer's third poetry collection, And Yet: Poems, was published on 8 November 2022. [12] Like the previous collections, And Yet: Poems, was a New York Times Best Seller. [13]