Kate Rushin

Donna Kate Rushin (born 1951), popularly known as Kate Rushin, is a Black lesbian poet. Rushin's prefatory poem, "The Bridge Poem", to the 1981 collection, "This Bridge Called My Back", is considered iconic. She currently lives in Connecticut.[1]

Donna Kate Rushin
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	American
Citizenship	American
Education	Oberlin College
Genre	Fiction poetry
Notable works	The Bridge Poem

Education

Rushin obtained a Bachelor of Art's degree from Oberlin College and a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Brown University.[1]

Publications

• Rushin, Kate. The Black Back-Ups (Firebrand Books, 1993).[2]
• Rushin, Kate. "After the Accident." Callaloo 23, no. 1 (2000): 192-193.[3]
• Rushin, Kate. "Word Problems." Callaloo 23, no. 1 (2000): 190-191.[4]
• Rushin, Kate. "Reeling Memories For My Father." Callaloo 23, no. 1 (2000): 188-189.[5] Reprinted: Kate Rushin. "Reeling Memories for My Father." Callaloo 24, no. 3 (2001): 885-86.
• Rushin, Kate. "The Tired Poem: Lost Letter from a Typical Unemployed Black Professional Woman." In Feminism and Community, edited by Weiss Penny A. and Friedman Marilyn, 77-82. Temple University Press, 1995.[6] Reprinted in Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, ed. Barbara Smith (Rutgers University Press, 2000): 247-251.
• Rushin, Kate. "The Black Back-Ups." Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, ed. Barbara Smith (Rutgers University Press, 2000): 60-63.
• Rushin, Kate. "Instructions from the Flight Crew to a Poet of African Descent Living in a State of Emergency." Callaloo 22, no. 4 (1999): 976-976.[7]
• Rushin, Kate. "Rosa Revisited" in Teaching the art of poetry: the moves, A, Baron Wormser and A, David Cappella (Routledge, 1999): 305-306.
• Rushin, Kate. "A Pacifist Becomes Militant and Declares War." In My Lover is a Woman – Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems, Lesléa Newman (Ballantine Books, 1999): 211-214.
• Rushin, Kate. "Six Poems." The Radical Teacher, no. 42 (1992): 22-23.
• Rushin, Kate. "Comparative History: Our Stories." Callaloo, no. 39 (1989): 290-91.[8]
• Rushin, Kate. "Living in My Head." The Women's Review of Books 1, no. 2 (1983): 15.[9]
• Rushin, Kate. "The Brick Layers." The Women's Review of Books 1, no. 2 (1983): 15.[10]
• Rushin, Kate. "This Bridge Poem." In This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa (Kitchen Table Press, 1983; reprinted State University of New York Press Albany, 2015): xxxiii-xxxiv. Republished in Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives, ed. Carole McCann and Seung-kyung Kim (Routledge, 2013): 266-267.

Awards

• Rose Low Rome Memorial Poetry Prize
• Grolier Poetry Prize

References

1. "Kate Rushin". Kate Rushin Poet. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
2. Rushin, Kate (1993). The Black Back-Ups. Firebrand Books.
3. Rushin, Kate (2000). "After the Accident". Callaloo. 23 (1): 192–193. doi:10.1353/cal.2000.0067. ISSN 1080-6512.
4. Rushin, Kate (2000). "Word Problems". Callaloo. 23 (1): 190–191. doi:10.1353/cal.2000.0066. ISSN 1080-6512.
5. Rushin, Kate (2001). "Reeling Memories for My Father". Callaloo. 24 (3): 885–886. doi:10.1353/cal.2001.0208. ISSN 1080-6512.
6. • Rushin, Kate. "The Tired Poem: Lost Letter from a Typical Unemployed Black Professional Woman." In Feminism and Community, edited by Weiss Penny A. and Friedman Marilyn, 77-82. Temple University Press, 1995.
7. Rushin, Kate (1999). "Instructions from the Flight Crew to a Poet of African Descent Living in a State of Emergency". Callaloo. 22 (4): 976. doi:10.1353/cal.1999.0189. ISSN 1080-6512.
8. Rushin, Kate (1989). "Comparative History: Our Stories". Callaloo (39): 290–291. doi:10.2307/2931563. ISSN 0161-2492. JSTOR 2931563.
9. Rushin, Kate (November 1983). "Living in My Head". The Women's Review of Books. 1 (2): 15. doi:10.2307/4019445. ISSN 0738-1433. JSTOR 4019445.
10. Rushin, Kate (November 1983). "The Brick Layers". The Women's Review of Books. 1 (2): 15. doi:10.2307/4019446. ISSN 0738-1433. JSTOR 4019446.