Katherine Anne Larson (she/her)

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Katherine Larson is a poet, essayist, molecular biologist, and field ecologist. Her debut collection of poems, "Radial Symmetry," was selected by Louise Glück as winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. The recipient of a Ruth Lilly Fellowship and a Kate Tufts Discovery Award, she has been published in numerous literary journals including Poetry, Orion, and AGNI. Larson is active with organizations and artists dedicated to conservation and environmental education in the Gulf of California. She lives with her family in Tucson.   

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Awards: Yale Series of Younger Poets, Kate Tufts Award, Levis Reading Prize, ForeWord Book of the Year Gold Medal Prize

Communities: Arizona Author, Tucsonan

Curiosity, Critters and Craft

Join authors Caroline Paul, Katherine Larson, and Glenn Kurtz as they swap stories about the weird, wonderful ways we make sense of the world—through adventure, imagination, and the everyday work people do.

Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)  
Sat, Mar 14, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Glenn Kurtz, Katherine Larson, Caroline Paul
Moderator: Patty Machelor
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Joan and Adrian Van Loozenoord, Pima Foundation

When Identity Changes Everything

Join authors Katherine Larson, Kristin Gilger and Courtney Gustafson as they explore the evolving bonds that shape who we become. Together, they reveal how families--biological, chosen and accidental--adapt when someone steps into a new version of themselves.

Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)  
Sun, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:25 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Kristin Gilger, Courtney Gustafson, Katherine Larson
Moderator: Cheryl House
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of Pima Foundation

Books:

Wedding of the Foxes

Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Milkweed Editions
July 2025
ISBN 9781639550067
208 pages
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Radial Symmetry

Poetry
Yale University Press
April 2011
ISBN 9780300169201
64 pages
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