Catherine Barnett

Catherine Barnett is the author of the collections Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space (Graywolf Press, 2024); Human Hours (Graywolf Press, 2018); The Game of Boxes (Graywolf Press, 2012), which was the recipient of the 2012 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets; and Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced (Alice James Books, 2004).

Barnett is the recipient, among other honors, of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2022 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She teaches in the creative writing program at New York University and lives in New York City, where she also works as an independent editor.