Poet. Editor. Interdisciplinary Thinker.

Katie Mihalek is a poet and writer currently based between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. She is a current doctoral student at University of Rhode Island, studying ecopoetics and concentrating in poetry. She completed her MFA from Emerson College in 2024. She has received support from the Kenyon Review Writer’s Workshop and the Southampton Writers Conference. She is a co-founder and the Poetry Editor of Fork Apple Press. She is the author of the chapbook Aurora Uteralis (2024), and her work has appeared in Frontier, TIMBER, Barnstorm, and others.

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Poetry

“Period,” Barnstorm Journal, Vol 17

“A Body is a Body is Anybody,” Frontier Poetry

“Disordered,” TIMBER

“Dream of the Fisherwoman’s Wife” & “The Matter
For You,” Sheila-Na-Gig

“Rules of Design,” Lyrical Somerville, Feb 2024

“Jonah,” Spectrum Literary Journal, Vol 66

“You always liked my curves.” Mistake House Magazine, Issue 8

“Aurora Uteralis,” Beyond Words, Issue 25, Apr 2022

Aurora Uteralis, a chapbook
2024

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“Getting to Know Katie Mihalek,” Mass Poetry
“MFA for Mihalek is Perfect Pivot from Science to Poetry,” Emerson Today