Kate Reavey

Kate Reavey completed an MA in poetry with Gary Snyder as her mentor. She worked as a fire dispatch and interpretive ranger before deciding on a path of teaching, which she has followed for more than thirty years. Her chapbooks Through the East-Window (Sagittarius Press) and Trading Posts (Tangram) are limited-edition, letter-pressed works, and Too Small to Hold You was published by Pleasure Boat Studio. She coordinates Studium Generale at Peninsula College, and for many years was codirector of the Foothills Writers Series. In 2010, she taught creative writing and literature in Florence, Italy, and from 2014–18 she taught in ʔaʔk̓ʷustəƞáwt̓xʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse, for the Native Pathways Program through The Evergreen State College. Her PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities is centered on poetry, somebodyness, and beloved community.

Kate is the author of Curve, published in 2022.