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Kate Baer<\/strong>\u2019s first book of poetry, \u201cWhat Kind of Woman,<\/a>\u201d has lived up to its book jacket descriptor as a \u201cstunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play – mother, partner, and friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2007 EMU alumna\u2019s collection debuted at #1 on the New York Times fiction bestseller list two weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join EMU’s Language and Literature Department and Alumni Office for a Writers Read with Kate, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26. Register for the webinar<\/a> or watch on Facebook Live<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Her first book is dedicated to all of her teachers in honor of \u201ctheir integral role in my life and incredibly important work in the lives of so many others,\u201d she said. \u201cTheir encouragement and love of language instilled a sense of longing in me to keep pushing myself, and for that I\u2019ll be forever grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of those teachers first introduced her to poetry at EMU. The English major took a class with former professor Michael Ann Courtney<\/strong>, and \u201cthat\u2019s where I fell in love with this sort of boiled down storytelling,\u201d Baer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kate Baer 07 in a photo taken by husband Austin Baer ’06.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Before that, it was the high school teacher who handed her a copy of Margaret Atwood\u2019s The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>, an entirely new style of story which set off a \u201cvisceral reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baer\u2019s first foray into authorship began with a blog in 2011 called \u201cMotley Mama.\u201d Her frank, intimate and funny insights into motherhood, married life and life in general moved her into wider venues, including at eponymously named blog. In 2014, she gained still more attention (and millions of hits) with the essay \u201cWhen You are Tightly Wound,\u201d eventually further published by Huffington Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read 2014 EMU News coverage here of Kate\u2019s success here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read a recent Vogue review: \u201cThe Instagram Poet for People who Don\u2019t Like Instagram Poetry<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baer says sitting atop the NYT Bestseller list is \u201cexciting and lovely.\u201d She celebrated with champagne. More books are being printed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut right now there is still a global pandemic and I\u2019m still trapped in my bedroom office working on a second book that has its own deadlines and stories to tell. I\u2019m very grateful, but my actual work life remains the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baer is married to Austin Baer \u201806. <\/strong>They and their four children live near Hershey, Pa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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