Catherine Pierce

Catherine Pierce is the author of several poetry collections, including Dear Beast and Danger Days. Her work has appeared in The Best American Poetry, The New York Times, The Nation, >American Poetry Review, and elsewhere, and has won two Pushcart Prizes. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Academy of American Poets, she served as Poet Laureate of Mississippi from 2021 to 2025.