Kate Durbin

Kate Durbin is a writer and artist from Los Angeles. She is the author of four books of poetry. Her most recent book, Hoarders (Wave Books), was named a best book of 2021 by NPR, Lit Hub, and Electric Literature. Her poetry app, ABRA, won the international Turn on Literature Prize for electronic literature, and she was the Arts Queensland Poet in Residence in Brisbane, Australia.

Articles

The Universe Just Doesn’t Care
Kate Durbin interviews Juliet Escoria about her new story collection “You Are the Snake.”
Kate DurbinSep 24, 2024
- Fiction
Birth Stories Are an Ideological Minefield: A Conversation with Amanda Montei
Kate Durbin speaks with author Amanda Montei about her new book “Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control.”
Kate DurbinAug 18, 2023
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
On Not Rejecting Girlhood: A Conversation with Megan Milks and Marisa Crawford
Kate Durbin talks with with Megan Milks and Marisa Crawford about 1990s girlhood and their recent anthology about the Baby-Sitters Club phenomenon.
Kate DurbinJul 14, 2021
Moving Houses: A Conversation with Zenobia Frost
Kate Durbin interviews Zenobia Frost about her new book, “After the Demolition.”
Kate DurbinFeb 20, 2021
- Around the World
- Poetry
Eternal Present: An Interview with Amina Cain
Kate Durbin talks to Amina Cain about her new novel, "Indelicacy."
Kate DurbinFeb 11, 2020
- Fiction
Relevant at a Slant: A Conversation with Joseph Mosconi
Kate Durbin discusses typography, worldbuilding, and knowledge clusters with fellow poet Joseph Mosconi.
Kate DurbinDec 25, 2019
Women in Knots: A Conversation with Sarah Rose Etter
Kate Durbin speaks to Sarah Rose Etter about her debut novel, “The Book of X.”
Kate DurbinSep 4, 2019
A Little Private Space: A Conversation with Heike Geissler
Kate Durbin speaks to Heike Geissler, author of the autofictional novel “Seasonal Associate,” translated from German by Katy Derbyshire.
Kate DurbinJun 15, 2019