About
Katy Gurin earned a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Humboldt State University in 2011 and an MFA in poetry from UC Riverside in 2019. Her awards include the Dean's Distinguished Fellowship from UC Riverside, the Community of Writers fellowship from UC Riverside, and the Katharine Bakeless Nason Scholarship from the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference. Katy's poems have appeared in Narrative Magazine, Blue Earth Review, Sinking City, Flyway, and elsewhere. She was Associate Editor of the winter/spring 2022 issue of About Place.
Katy has worked as an engineer on projects throughout California, including the restoration of Wishon Quarry, the decommissioning of the Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant, and the removal of San Clemente Dam. She co-founded the climate activist groups 350 Humboldt and 350 Riverside. She lives in Eureka, CA and works as a project manager for a watershed restoration nonprofit.
Unpublished Manuscripts
Galore centers climate change as a literary concern through narratives of climate activism and an epic retelling of earth's history.
Dreampop for Swimmers' speaker addresses rivers, undertakers, autotrophs, and the universe, seeking meaningful coexistence.
The author is currently seeking publication for these debut collections. She expects to complete a third collection of poems imagining utopias, dystopias, ecotopias, and thutopias in late 2026/early 2027.
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