Kate Baer Explained

Kate Baer
Occupation:Poet
Alma Mater:Eastern Mennonite University
Notable Works:What Kind of Woman
I Hope This Finds You Well
Spouse:Austin[1]
Children:4

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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jefferson . Lauren . Poet Kate Baer '07 debuts with No. 1 NYT bestseller . January 18, 2022 . EMU News . November 30, 2020.
  2. News: Bennett . Jessica . March 13, 2021 . Kate Baer Is Speaking Truth. From Her Minivan. . The New York Times . January 18, 2022.
  3. Web site: MyEdmondsNews . 2022-12-13 . Edmonds Booktalk: Bestsellers and staff favorites to put under the tree . 2022-12-30 . My Edmonds News . en-US.
  4. Web site: Ehrlich . Lara . 2021-08-14 . Kate Baer Transcript . 2022-12-30 . Writer Mother Monster . en-US.
  5. Web site: November 30, 2020. Poet Kate Baer '07 debuts with No. 1 NYT bestseller. January 22, 2022. EMU News. en-US.
  6. News: Moshakis . Alex . Kate Baer on the burden of motherhood: 'My book is like an angry friend' . January 18, 2022 . The Guardian . July 11, 2021 . en.
  7. News: Schama . Chloe . The Instagram Poet for People Who Don't Like Instagram Poets . January 18, 2022 . Vogue . November 2, 2020.
  8. Web site: An Interview with Kate Baer – Northwest Review . 2022-12-30 . nwreview.org . en.
  9. News: Feller . Madison . November 10, 2021 . In Her New Book, Kate Baer Turns Troll-y Instagram DMs Into Poetry . ELLE . January 18, 2022.
  10. Web site: 2021-11-10 . In Her New Book, Kate Baer Turns Troll-y Instagram DMs Into Poetry . 2022-12-30 . ELLE . en-us.
  11. News: Hanson . Kait . This poet turns mean Instagram messages into art . January 18, 2022 . TODAY.com . en.
  12. Web site: And Yet . 2022-12-30 . HarperCollins . en.
  13. News: Paperback Trade Fiction Books – Best Sellers – Books – Nov. 27, 2022 – The New York Times . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-12-30 . 0362-4331.

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