Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer is a poet with roots in the D.C metro area and Western Europe. Their work has previously been published or is forthcoming in Cherry Tree, Beloit Poetry Journal, Meridian, Grist, and others. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, they have received awards from the Ledbury Poetry Festival, Bryn Mawr College, and they were a finalist in the 2021 Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition held by the Munster Literature Centre. They are in their first year in Syracuse University’s MFA program, where they write about inheritance and the interior.