Katie Schmid

is the author of the poetry collection Nowhere (University of New Mexico Press, 2021) and the poetry chapbook forget me / hit me / let me drink great quantities of clear, evil liquor (Split Lip Press, 2015). Her work has appeared in 32 Poemsthe Rumpus, and elsewhere. A former Best New Poet and AWP Intro Journals award winner, she lives and writes in Lincoln, Neb., where she is a lecturer in English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Nation Poetry

The Holiness of Degradation The Holiness of Degradation

with a title and a line from Leslie Jamison Anne says, what if you are not sick or bad, what if you are Katie? I know I have to fuck the stories that are fucking me. I think about…

Sep 30, 2021 / no-paywall / Katie Schmid

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