Katharine Whitcomb is the author of three full-length collections of poems, including the award-winning Saints of South Dakota & Other Poems and The Daughter’s Almanac, and most recently Habitats (forthcoming in 2023 from Poetry Northwest Editions in the Possession Sound Series). She has published two poetry chapbooks: Lamp of Letters and Hosannas, and a faux self-help art book, The Art Courage Program. She was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and was awarded fellowships to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing.  She is a Distinguished Professor at Central Washington University and lives in Ellensburg, Washington.