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Katharine Rauk is an Adjunct Professor at North Hennepin Community College’s College of Liberal Arts. Her work bridges poetry, teaching, and ecopoetics, emphasizing enjambment, metaphor, and nature’s interplay with human experience.
- Education: BA from Saint Olaf College, MA from University of Chicago, and MFA from Bennington College
Rauk’s poetry explores identity, existentialism, and the natural world, often blending surrealism with intimate self-reflection. Her debut collection Buried Choirs (2016) and chapbook Basil (2011) showcase her lyrical mastery and thematic focus on transformation and language.
The 15 most recent articles/poems highlight her engagement with ecopoetics, enjambment, and surreal metaphors, published in journals like Plume, Tupelo Quarterly, and Harvard Review. These works often juxtapose organic and manmade imagery, examining themes of conformity, healing, and maternal experience.
Her teaching career spans over two decades, including roles in community colleges, universities, and international settings like China. Rauk’s poems appear in Best of the Net 2012, DIAGRAM, and other journals. She actively collaborates with independent presses and literary organizations.
