Kate Baer | |
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 Baer in 2021 | |
| 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]
