Clear

by Kait Quinn

Kait Quinn's third poetry collection, Clear, features poems written during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. From the seemingly bright beginnings of a short winter and a promising year to navigating isolation and social distancing to loss and grief, both as a result of the coronavirus and George Floyd's death and resulting unrest, Clear's poems reflect on life during an unprecedented time in our history.

Clear does not end without remembering what 2020 taught us—about ourselves, about each other, about the skeletons our society is built on. Quinn takes us all the way through early 2021 and the hope that glimmers on the horizon as the COVID vaccine is distributed and we approach, finally, a clearing in a suffocating, virus-ridden wood.

Genres: Poetry

56 pages, Paperback

Published May 20, 2021

About the author

Kait Quinn (she/her) was born with salt in her wounds. She flushes the sting of living by writing poetry. Her work has been published in Reed Magazine, Watershed Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, Chestnut Review, and elsewhere. She is the winner of the League of MN Poets' 2022 John Calvin Rezmerski Memorial Grand Prize and was a Tupelo Press 30/30 Project Poet in October 2022.

She earned her BA in English Writing from St. Edward's University in Austin, TX and has continued her poetry education through courses and workshops such as Megan Falley's "Poems That Don't Suck" and Carrie Fountain's "Leap & Practice."

Kait's poetry touches on such topics as depression, anxiety, relationships, heartbreak, self-care, and healing. She often weaves nature into her poems and loves creating intricate, visceral imagery that hits readers in all the senses.

When she's not writing, you can find Kait reading under a weighted blanket, frequenting local coffee shops, eating vegan breakfasts foods, and turning her bathroom into an alternative universe where she is a professional singer. She lives in Minneapolis with her partner, their regal cat, and their very polite Aussie mix.