Katherine Hoerth, MFA
Editor-in-Chief, LU Literary Press; Associate Professor of English
Katherine Hoerth, LU faculty member since 2017, is a member of the Texas Insitute of Letters and the author of five poetry collections: Flare Stacks in Full Bloom (Texas Review Press, 2022), Borderland Mujeres (SFA University Press, 2021), The Lost Chronicles of Slue Foot Sue (Angelina River Press, 2018), Goddess Wears Cowboy Boots (Lamar University Literary Press, 2014), and The Garden Uprooted (Slough Press, 2012). She is the 2015 recipient of the Helen C. Smith Prize for the best book of poetry in Texas and the 2021 Poetry of the Plains Prize from North Dakota State University Press. Her 2021 letterpress chapbook, Prairie Madness, won honorable mention for the Eric Hoffer Award. Her work has been published in numerous literary magazines including Summerset Review, Valparaiso Review, and Southwestern American Literature.
Contact
Office: Maes 24
Phone: (409) 880-8574
khoerth@lamar.edu
Courses Taught
Advanced Fiction Workshop (ENG 5343)Advanced Poetry Workshop (ENG 5344)
Advanced Internship in Editing (ENG 5365) - Developed and taught
Internship in Editing (ENG 4364) - Developed and taught
Editing in Literary Magazine (ENG 4345) - Developed and taught
Women's Literature (ENG 5325)
Creative Writing Poetry (ENG 3337)
Honors English Composition I (ENG 1301)
Sophomore American Literature (ENG 2320)
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor/Editor-in-Chief – Lamar University Department of English and Modern Languages/Lamar University Literary Press (2017-present)Lecturer I-II – Department of Writing and Language Studies, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2012-2017)
Instructor – English Department, South Texas College (2011-2012)
Academic Advisor – College of Arts and Humanities, University of Texas Pan American (2009-2011)
Sixth grade reading teacher – Santa Rosa ISD (2007-2009)
Service
President of Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, 2017-2019Vice President of Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, 2016-2017
Judge, Helen C. Smith Memorial Award and Bob Bush Memorial Award for First Book of Poetry, Texas Institute of Letters, 2019
Judge, Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for Best Book of Poetry and Bob Bush Memorial Award for First Book of Poetry, Texas Institute of Letters, 2016
Judge, REEL Poetry, Public Poetry at the Houston Public Library, 2021
Judging Committee, Able Muse Book Award, 2019
Poetry Editor, Devilfish Review, 2015-2018
Interviews Editor, RiverSedge, 2015-2017
Poetry Editor, Amarillo Bay, 2014-Present
Assistant Poetry Editor, Fifth Wednesday Journal, 2011-2014
Publications
Prairie Madness, North Dakota State University Press, 2021 (Forthcoming); Winner of the 2021 Poetry of the Plains and Prairies (POPP) Award
Flare Stacks in Full Bloom, Texas Review Press (Sam Houston State University, Texas A&M Press Consortium), 2021 (Forthcoming)
Borderland Mujeres, SFASU Press (Texas A&M Press Consortium), 2021 (Forthcoming)
Odes and Elegies: Eco-Poetry from the Texas Gulf Coast, Lamar University Press, Editor; Published in conjunction with the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University, 2020
The Lost Chronicles of Slue Foot Sue, Angelina River Press, 2018
The Garden Uprooted, Slough Press, 2012
Awards and Honors
Poetry of the Plains and Prairies Award, University of North Dakota Press, 2021Development Leave Grant, Lamar University, 2021-2022 Academic Year
Fellow, Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas, 2020
Interviewed for Poets and Writers national magazine, "COVID Vivid"," by Lupe Mendez, June 2020
Editor's Choice Award, Panoply Literary Journal, 2019
2nd place in Poetry, Nature Writing of the Valley Exhibit, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2019
Inductee, Texas Institute of Letters (TIL), 2018
Langdon Review Writer in Residence, Tarleton State University, 2017
Helen C. Smith Prize for the best book of poetry in Texas, Texas Institute of Letters (TIL), 2015. Selected by Norma Cantu