about kate stoltzfus
POET & EDITOR
kate stoltzfus (she/her) is a poet and writer currently based in nw arkansas. for years, she worked as a journalist and editor specializing in national education coverage (Education Week, ASCD’s Educational Leadership, Chronicle of Higher Education, International Baccalaureate, etc.) and food happenings in washington, d.c. in addition to her own writing, she has worked with hundreds of authors, educators, and thought leaders as a developmental editor.
she is a current poetry candidate at the University of Arkansas’ MFA program in creative writing and translation, a recipient of the 2023-24 Carolyn F. Walton Cole Graduate Fellowship in Creative Writing, and former assistant managing editor (2024-25) for The Arkansas International.
“These elegiac poems both mourn and celebrate a life lost as well as a life that is still being lived.”
Diana Khoi Nguyen
Poet and judge of University of Arkansas’ Walton Fellowship in Poetry
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