About

Kathryn Petruccelli is a bi-coastal performer and writer with an M.A. in teaching English language learners. She’s passionate about getting contemporary poetry, particularly that of Poets of Color, in front of youth. Among the journals her work has appeared in are The Southern Review, The Massachusetts Review, New Ohio Review, RHINO, Rattle, Poet Lore, Catamaran Literary Reader, SWWIM,  and Literary Mama. Nominated for a Pushcart 2024 & Best of the Net 2020, Kathryn is a past winner of San Francisco’s LitQuake essay contest and a finalist for the Omnidawn Broadside Poetry Prize.

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