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Kate Rushin
Born Donna Kate Rushin
1951 (age 72–73)
Occupation
  • Poet
Nationality American
Education Oberlin College
Genre
  • Fiction
  • poetry
Notable works "The Bridge Poem"
Notable awards Rose Low Rome Memorial Poetry Prize; Grolier Poetry Prize

Donna Kate Rushin (born 1951), popularly known as Kate Rushin, is a Black lesbian poet. Rushin's prefatory poem, "The Bridge Poem", to the 1981 collection This Bridge Called My Back is considered iconic. She currently lives in Connecticut.

Education

Rushin was raised in Lawnside, New Jersey. She obtained a Bachelor of Art's degree from Oberlin College, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Brown University. In 2021, she became Poet in Residence in the English Department of Connecticut College.

Awards

  • Rose Low Rome Memorial Poetry Prize
  • Grolier Poetry Prize
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