Katherine Indermaur is a Swiss-American writer, poet, and magazine editor. In 2008, she was appointed as the first North Carolina Student Poet Laureate by

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. She authored the 2018 chapbook ''PULSE'', the 2021 chapbook ''Facing the Mirror: An Essay'', and the 2022 poetry book ''I/I'', the latter received positive reviews from Diana Khoi Nguyen and

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. She is a recipient of the 2018

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Prize, the 2019 ''

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'' Poetry Prize, and 2022

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Lyric Essay Book Prize. Indermaur was a runner-up in

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's Discovery Poetry Contest in 2020. Indermaur is an editor at ''Sugar House Review'' and previously served as managing editor at ''

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'' and as an assistant editor at '' Alpinist''.

Early life and education

Indermaur is a member of the Indermaur family. On her mother's side, she is a great-granddaughter of the North Carolinian politician

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. She is a cousin of Swiss author

Mirjam Indermaur Mirjam Lydia Indermaur (born 1967) is a Swiss businesswoman and author. In 2019 she co-wrote the book ''Ich habe einen Knall - Sie auch?'' with her therapist, Denise Hürlimann, about her experience with psychotherapy. Early life Indermaur was ...

. Indermaur attended John W. Ligon Magnet Middle School and William G. Enloe Magnet High School, graduating in 2008. Later that year she was appointed as the first North Carolina Student

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, the

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, receiving the Laureate award for her poem ''Downtown After Dark''. She attended the

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, studying English and creative writing. She earned a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from

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Career

Indermaur works as an editor at ''Sugar House Review'', a literary magazine based in

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. She had previously worked as the managing editor for the ''

'' in

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. She also served as a temporary assistant editor at '' Alpinist''. Her poems, essays, and articles have been published in ''CALAMITY'', ''Muse/A Journal'', ''Coast, NoCoast'', ''

'', ''

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'', ''Poetry South'', ''Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review'', '' Frontier Poetry'', ''Ghost Proposal'', ''the Hunger'', ''

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'', ''Oxidant, Engine'', ''

'', and ''Gramma Poetry''. Her poem ''Replication of a Miracle'' was featured in ''Voicemail Poems''. In 2018 Indermaur released ''PULSE'', a micro-chapbook published through Ghost City Press. In 2019 she was a finalist in ''GASHER Journals First-Book Scholarship for her work ''Girl Descends Asunder''. Indermaur was the winner of the

Prize in 2018 and the ''Black Warrior Review'' Poetry Contest in 2019. In 2020 she was a runner-up in

's Discovery Poetry Contest. In November 2022, Indermaur authored the poetry book ''I, I'', published by Seneca Review Books. She was selected by

Kazim Ali Kazim Ali (born April 5, 1971) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and professor. His most recent books are ''Inquisition'' (Wesleyan University Press, 2018) and ''All One's Blue'' (Harper Collins India, 2016). His honors include an Individua ...

as the winner of the 2022

Lyric Essay Book Prize.https://www.hws.edu/offices/senecareview/default.aspx The book received positive reviews from Diana Khoi Nguyen and

. In December 2022, Indermaur read exerpts of her book at

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.https://www.hws.edu/news/2022/award-winning-serial-lyric-essay.aspx

References

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