The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
"This is poetry that not only will make you feel something, but that will make you feel like a firecracker has gone off in your heart. Bold, brutal, beautiful - this is what Chicago poetry is all about."
- C.J. Laity
Director, ChicagoPoetry.com
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Kathy Kubik's publications include: The Mississippi Review, Lily Lit Review, Hiss Quarterly, Poems Niederngasse, Wicked Alice, The Blueprint Review, Voices Magazine, T-zero Xpandazine, SaucyVox, ERWA, CleanSheets, Citizen32, VLQ and Mad Hatters' Review. This will be the third consecutive year that her poetry will appear in the HerMark Datebook published through WomanMade Gallery.
She says, "Poems are my fix, my ‘trashy novel’, pieces of me yet undiscovered. My hand in the cookie jar, soon to discover the milk chocolate morsels that have melted on my hands, a reminder for later. Each poem I read becomes a part of me."
Kathy has been writing since she could pick up a crayon, starting as early as four, etching plays in pencil featuring The Muppets. She loves creating something that started as a blank page. Though at times the blank page can be daunting, it is an empty canvas, waiting to be filled with words, characters and visions. Her influences are: Italo Calvino, Cin Salach, Ha Jin, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, and William Trevor.
She received her Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University. She is a member of many online workshops, her favorites being: This So Called Life, The Blueline and Writer's Village University, where she facilitates a group called Persist and Publish. She was also a member of the Senior Poet's Workshop there.
"Make it happen while the sun shines, girl" - Cin Salach
Accomplishments
*In 2003 graduated from DePaul University with her BA of Arts. Shortly before graduation, she was awarded the McGury scholarship which enabled her to travel throughout England and write.
* Her poem, "After the Crash", placed second at the Poetry Board League in 2004.
* Was awarded the Poet's Award in June, 2004 from Ernest Slyman, editor and owner of The Poet Watch.
* In July, 2004 received the Featured Poet Award for her poem, "Through the Fishbowl" through curtspoetry.
* Placed first in the Frieda Stein Fenster Memorial Award for her poem, "After the Crash", April, 2005.
* Work accepted for the 2006 HerMark Calendar through WomenMade gallery.
* Poetry editor at VLQ - 2005
* Editor of Serendipity Magazine - 2005
* Challenge director at The Blueline - 2005
* Shortlisted for a Ragdale Fellowship - 2005.
* Judge for the Frieda Stein Fenster Memorial Award (ChicagoPoetry.com) - March, 2006
* Placed second at Mad Hatters' Review's "Dangerous Alice" contest - May, 2006
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