Kathryn Nuernberger

Author of RUE, about plants historically used for birth control & The Witch of Eye, about witches and witch trials. she/her

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

@inkhat That's a dream blurb!

[Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks]

New nonfiction coming November 2025 from THE WITCH OF EYE author Kathryn Nuernberger!

Kathryn Nuernberger’s (@katnuernberger) previous essay collection, THE WITCH OF EYE, about accused witches and witch trials was published by Sarabande Books in 2021.

[Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores @Jairo_I_Funez]

On Mother’s Day, I’m thinking about the Palestinian woman who comforted a boy who lost his mother by saying, “We are all your mothers.”

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

@toddedillard It's a good thing it's not a competition. Your kid would kick my ass at cake decorating.

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

@toddedillard I just finished making their cousin!

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

If there's one thing I know how to do, it's buy books. Who are the small presses that just got screwed by SPD closing and would benefit from some direct sales?

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

@maritzareader47 Thank you!

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

For the past year I've mainly been breastfeeding twins and sending work emails while breastfeeding twins and also googling things like vasospasms and how long you can go without sleep. A very long time, but also not as long as you'd think.

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

And lo in her 43rd year she became a lightweight and better order an overpriced cracker and olive tray before driving home.

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

But now I'm having a cabernet and a book at a bar. And having Revelations. About ex-boyfriends. And lichens. And sea lions. And arctic terns who dream during their revelations. And ex-boyfriends. And how cute all the dumb stuff I ever said is. Very.

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

Thought I might try keeping some little chocolate bars in my office for when students are sad. But apparently I am not the kind of responsible adult who can be left alone in a room with a giant bag of candy.

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

The Cryptonaturalist is such a weird fantastic podcast, and so beautifully written. It's pretty amazing to have my poem keeping company with a talking clairvoyant slimemold and other critters.

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

Is Taylor Swift our new department chair? Thank god, I did not want to do this accreditation paperwork.

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

Trying to wrangle these flashy nonfiction pages into something called "a pitch" with "chapter summaries." Any recommendations for agents who like lyric essays? Also, hats off to those of you who can make life make sense in chronological order.

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

Heads up my lyrical people, if you want to write sciency poems and essays about plants and creeks and various little humming creatures, WILD WORDS at Itasca Field Station, is open for registration. https://t.co/PIS9VFNWzg

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

Happy pub day to this pretty baby @MayaJZeller and I spent a pandemic and a half writing for @BloomsburyBooks . If you are looking for a textbook for a poetry workshop, maybe this is the one?

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

@JesseLKercheval I would!

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

I just sent a letter of support for @GburgReview and encourage everyone else who reads or writes to do the same. Gettysburg is one of our best incubators for exciting new work.

[Kathryn Nuernberger @KatNuernberger]

It's so nice to see my little love letter to pitcher plants in the new ABOUT PLACE on "The More-Than-Human World." There are so many of my favorites here -- @liapurpura, @ecbradfield, @alisondeming, lichens, lunaria, gumboot chiton, minnows, whales, deer. https://t.co/x4ZRYVC3qT