Cate Root writes about identity, bodies, longing, romance, honesty, and how to stay alive in the world. She made a creative home at Dogfish Reading Series (2015-2020), and started a new series, ALOUD, in spring 2023. You can find more of her work, including poems and essays published by Thimble, Stone Poetry Quarterly, Passionfruit Review, Catapult and more, at cateroot.online