Columbia University || PhD Candidate, Italian Literature
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You can find one of my early poems here at Scary Bush. I wrote this poem when I was 17 as part of my high school senior project. So dramatic! I really thought I was such a serious writer then. Continue Reading …
I have three new poems out at Menacing Hedge! They’re all inspired by spring: new beginnings, rebirth, fresh starts. Check them out here!
This is my first poem published in The Gateway Review! I wrote these opening lines years ago, in a creative poetry exchange between myself and Austen Osworth. In the midst of a global pandemic, they seem especially relevant: My friend’s Continue Reading …
Check out my first published story! A piece of flash fiction (under 1,000 words), it’s an account of a young woman’s walk home. Her story is personal–my protagonist has Usher Syndrome, a rare inherited genetic mutation that is the leading Continue Reading …
Catherine Bloomer and Austen Osworth successfully proposed a panel to the American Writers & Writing Programs conference. In the Spring of 2019, WriteOn traveled to Portland, Oregon, to present WriteOn: How to Begin and Grow a Community-Oriented Writing Fellowship. Our Continue Reading …
A set of two timelines (one for the Orlando Innamorato, one for the Orlando Furioso), published by eBOIARDO: Epics of Boiardo and Other Italian Authors: a Resource Database On-line.
Catherine Bloomer in conversation with Colm Tóibín, published on The New School Creative Writing website, 2016.