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Kathryn Merwin is a writer
based in Baltimore. She has read and/or reviewed for the Bellingham Review,
WomenArts Quartertly, and the Adroit Journal, and received her MFA in poetry from
Western Washington University. Her first collection, Womanskin, is forthcoming from CutBank
Chapbooks.
Her influences include Karen
Russell, Jeanann Verlee, Ross Gay, Mary Szybist, Ocean Vuong, Jane Wong, Cynthia
Marie Hoffman, Danez Smith, Natalie Diaz, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, John A. Nieves,
Clementine Von Radics, Linda Hogan, Louise Erdrich, and Sylvia
Plath.
She enjoys pit bulls, 2000s alt
rock, hiking, and carrying torches.