This week, Angela chats with Kate Baer, the Pennsylvania-based poet and New York Times-bestselling author of the collections WHAT KIND OF WOMAN, I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL, & AND YET. They talk about Kate's path to sharing poems about motherhood, in all its complexity, with strangers on the internet; pushing back against misogynistic takes on her work; the poets whose words she keeps returning to; and the wisdom that accompanies getting older and embracing who you are.

Plus, lucky us: Kate reads several of her poems throughout the episode.

We recommend Jessica Bennett's profile on Kate: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/books/kate-baer-what-kind-of-woman-poetry-feminism-motherhood.html

What Kind of Woman: https://bookshop.org/p/books/what-kind-of-woman-poems-kate-baer/14584531?ean=9780063008427

I Hope This Finds You Well: https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-hope-this-finds-you-well-poems-kate-baer/17156378?ean=9780063137998

And Yet: https://bookshop.org/p/books/and-yet-poems-kate-baer/18321459?ean=9780063115552

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