Kate Baer

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Kate Baer
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Baer in 2021
OccupationPoet
Alma mater Eastern Mennonite University
Notable worksWhat Kind of Woman
I Hope This Finds You Well
SpouseAustin [1]
Children4
Website
www.katebaer.com

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]

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Early life and education

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]

Publications

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]

References

  1. ↑ Jefferson, Lauren (November 30, 2020). "Poet Kate Baer '07 debuts with No. 1 NYT bestseller". EMU News. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  2. ↑ Bennett, Jessica (March 13, 2021). "Kate Baer Is Speaking Truth. From Her Minivan". The New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  3. ↑ MyEdmondsNews (December 13, 2022). "Edmonds Booktalk: Bestsellers and staff favorites to put under the tree". My Edmonds News. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  4. ↑ Ehrlich, Lara (August 14, 2021). "Kate Baer Transcript". Writer Mother Monster. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Poet Kate Baer '07 debuts with No. 1 NYT bestseller". EMU News. November 30, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  6. ↑ Moshakis, Alex (July 11, 2021). "Kate Baer on the burden of motherhood: 'My book is like an angry friend'". The Guardian. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  7. ↑ Schama, Chloe (November 2, 2020). "The Instagram Poet for People Who Don't Like Instagram Poets". Vogue. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  8. ↑ "An Interview with Kate Baer – Northwest Review". nwreview.org. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  9. ↑ Feller, Madison (November 10, 2021). "In Her New Book, Kate Baer Turns Troll-y Instagram DMs Into Poetry". ELLE. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  10. ↑ "In Her New Book, Kate Baer Turns Troll-y Instagram DMs Into Poetry". ELLE. November 10, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  11. ↑ Hanson, Kait. "This poet turns mean Instagram messages into art". TODAY.com. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  12. ↑ "And Yet". HarperCollins. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Paperback Trade Fiction Books – Best Sellers – Books – Nov. 27, 2022 – The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved December 30, 2022.
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