Kathy Kremins (she/her) is a retired New Jersey public school teacher, coach, and adjunct professor. A queer, Newark-born and raised daughter of Irish-Catholic immigrants, she has a BA from St. Elizabeth University (College of St. Elizabeth), an MFA from Goddard College, and a D. Litt. from Drew University. Her newest book, Sipping a Cloud, is a hybrid collection that arrives on Earth Day, April 21, 2026 (Reading Furiously). Her first full-length book of poetry, The Curve of Things, was published by CavanKerry Press in 2024. She has three chapbooks of poems, Unrehearsed (with Toma Zbrizher) (Two Key Customs, 2026), Seamus & His Smalls (Two Key Customs, 2023), and Undressing the World (Finishing Line Press, 2022). She is also the author of The Ethics of Reading: The Broken Beauties of Toni Morrison, Arundhati Roy, and Nawal el Sadaawi (2010) and an essay contributor to Too Smart to be Sentimental: Contemporary Irish American Women Writers (2008). Kathy’s recent poetry appears in The Mascara Zine (Garden State Equality), The Hive: Vol. 2 (EdgeNJ), and other publications and anthologies. Most recently, her photograph, “Inter-are,” was in the “Cousins'‘ art exhibit at The HUUB in Orange, NJ. Her 2023 and 2022 art exhibits, including her photography, were “Werk: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Art at EDGE New Jersey and “Revival: Post-Pandemic Visions” and “Say Gay: Art As Queer Activism” at the 1978 Maplewood Arts Center. Photos from her Evening Edges series appear in the January 2023 issue of Burningword Journal. She made her voice-acting debut in the 2023 short films The Lines in Between and Confessional. She is a long-time editor for NJ Audubon Magazine. Kathy is also a member of the NJ-based feminist poetry collective Write On! Poetry Babes who read, write, and support all things womxn, queer, trans, and BIPOC. She participates in an ongoing environmental poetry project, Writing the Land (WTL), sponsored by NatureCulture. Daily, Kathy plays with her Littles, Arlo and Felix, pets the chimix, Elvis, and herds the kittens, Joni and Freddie.
photo credit: Zoe Bean