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Katie Erbs Poetry
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Katie Erbs lives and writes in Saint Louis, Missouri. She received her degree in English from Webster University, with an emphasis in creative writing and poetry. Her work often explores the weird, the uncomfortable, and the political. Right now She is particularly interested in the workings of the human body, art history, pop culture, the JFK assassination, quantum physics, and niche Instagram meme accounts. Her work has
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appeared in or is forthcoming in magazines like New Letters, The Missouri Review, Grist, The Pinch, & The Florida Review. In between writing poems, she works as a university librarian.
Publications
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The American Journal of Poetry, Vol. 7, 2019
"Georgia, 1945" & "Milkmouths"
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The Missouri Review, Poem of the Week, June 29, 2020
"Artemisia Gentileschi Gives Head to Every Man at Once"
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The Pinch Journal, Spring 2022 (42.1)
"After-School Haibun with Britney Spears"
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Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts, Issue 16, 2024
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The Florida Review, 48.1 Fall 2024
"Georgia O'Keeffe & the Atom Bomb"​
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Frozen Sea, Issue Six
"I'd Rather Die Than End Up in Corporate America"
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The Pinch Journal, Spring 2025 (45.1)
Also featured as the September 25, 2025 poem for Poetry Daily
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New Letters, April 2025
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Blackbird, V23n3
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Frozen Sea, Issue Ten
"The Sound of Children Dying Has Been Removed From This Poem"
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Forthcoming​​
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Headspace​
"Farmer's Market" Sleepcast
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