Prose & Poetry
I write creative creative nonfiction, poetry, and children's fiction.
I have written interpretive and curriculum for museums, parks, educational centers, and governmental agencies.
I am available for short term projects.
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For recordings of many of the following publications,
visit the PODCASTS page
Or visit Pageturner Radio online through
https://wdrt.org/catherine-young/
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Click on any of the highlighted writings below to read the texts
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Catherine's essay, "Island," nominated for the Pushcart Prize,
was published in the literary journal Midwest Review 5 in 2017.
Listen to a recording of Island on the PODCASTS page
or read it here: "Island"
Catherine's essay, "Coal Year," published in Kestrel in Fall 2017,
was nominated for The Best American Essays.
Listen to a recording of Coal Year on the PODCASTS page
or read it here: "Coal Year"
I write creative creative nonfiction, poetry, and children's fiction.
I have written interpretive and curriculum for museums, parks, educational centers, and governmental agencies.
I am available for short term projects.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For recordings of many of the following publications,
visit the PODCASTS page
Or visit Pageturner Radio online through
https://wdrt.org/catherine-young/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click on any of the highlighted writings below to read the texts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Catherine's essay, "Island," nominated for the Pushcart Prize,
was published in the literary journal Midwest Review 5 in 2017.
Listen to a recording of Island on the PODCASTS page
or read it here: "Island"
Catherine's essay, "Coal Year," published in Kestrel in Fall 2017,
was nominated for The Best American Essays.
Listen to a recording of Coal Year on the PODCASTS page
or read it here: "Coal Year"
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Forthcoming
"Invisi / disa bility in COVID Times" will be published in
Essential Voices: A COVID-19 Anthology by West Virginia University Press Press, 2021 ........................................................................................................................
"Invisi / disa bility in COVID Times" will be published in
Essential Voices: A COVID-19 Anthology by West Virginia University Press Press, 2021 ........................................................................................................................
Prose
"Smoke," About Place Geographies of Justice, (online) Spring 2021
Go to - "Smoke " in About Place Journal Geographies of Justice
Go to - "Smoke " in About Place Journal Geographies of Justice
The Crystalline Bed of St.Peter"
Stillpoint Arts Quarterly,
(online & print ) Love of Land Issue # 41 Spring 2021
Go to - http://catherineyoungwriter.weebly.com/the-crystalline-bed-of-st-peter.html
Stillpoint Arts Quarterly,
(online & print ) Love of Land Issue # 41 Spring 2021
Go to - http://catherineyoungwriter.weebly.com/the-crystalline-bed-of-st-peter.html
"Island," Midwest Review (print) Issue 5: 2017
"Island" nominated for the Pushcart Prize
Listen to a recording of Island on the Podcasts page
or read it here: "Island"
"Island" nominated for the Pushcart Prize
Listen to a recording of Island on the Podcasts page
or read it here: "Island"
"Water Song"
The Driftless Reader (print anthology)
University of Wisconsin Press, 2017
& in About Place (online)
Volume II, Issue III, The Future of Water, December 2013
Go to - https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/the-future-of-water/work/catherine-young/
The Driftless Reader (print anthology)
University of Wisconsin Press, 2017
& in About Place (online)
Volume II, Issue III, The Future of Water, December 2013
Go to - https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/the-future-of-water/work/catherine-young/
"Island Voices," Permanent Vacation II
(print anthology) Bona Fide Books, 2018
& in The Island Review (online) May 2017
Go to - http://theislandreview.com/content/island-voices-raspberry-island-lake-superior-lighthouse-catherine-young-memoir
(print anthology) Bona Fide Books, 2018
& in The Island Review (online) May 2017
Go to - http://theislandreview.com/content/island-voices-raspberry-island-lake-superior-lighthouse-catherine-young-memoir
"Coal Year," Kestrel (print & online) Issue 37: Spring 2017
"Coal Year" nominated for Best American Essays
Listen to a recording of Coal Year on the Podcasts page
or read it here: "Coal Year"
"Coal Year" nominated for Best American Essays
Listen to a recording of Coal Year on the Podcasts page
or read it here: "Coal Year"
"Midsommar," Foliate Oak (online) March 2017
Read it here - Midsommar by Catherine Young for Foliate Oak
Read it here - Midsommar by Catherine Young for Foliate Oak
"A Cup of Tea," Punctuate, (online) March 2017
Go to - https://blogs.colum.edu/punctuate/?s=A+Cup+of+Tea
Go to - https://blogs.colum.edu/punctuate/?s=A+Cup+of+Tea
"Recipe By Heart," Hippocampus (online) September 2016
Go to - http://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2016/09/recipe-by-heart-by- catherine-young/
Go to - http://www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2016/09/recipe-by-heart-by- catherine-young/
"Sweet Beginnings,"
"How to Tap a Maple Tree,"
"Maple Popcorn"
Cricket children's literature print magazine) March 2015
Read it here - Sweet Beginnings childen's fiction for Cricket Magazine
"How to Tap a Maple Tree,"
"Maple Popcorn"
Cricket children's literature print magazine) March 2015
Read it here - Sweet Beginnings childen's fiction for Cricket Magazine
"Water, Tree, Heart: Mapping the Driftless Area,"
Imagination & Place: Cartography, (print anthology) 2013
Read it here - Water Tree Heart Mapping the Driftless Area 2013 Imagination and Place Cartography
Imagination & Place: Cartography, (print anthology) 2013
Read it here - Water Tree Heart Mapping the Driftless Area 2013 Imagination and Place Cartography
"Rediscovering Intricacy,"
About Place (online) Volume III, Issue II,
Voices of the Human Spirit, November 2013
Go to - https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/voices/section-3/catherine-young-2/
About Place (online) Volume III, Issue II,
Voices of the Human Spirit, November 2013
Go to - https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/voices/section-3/catherine-young-2/
"Finding Laura's Wisconsin,"
National Finalist Essay in Little House Big Story Contest
Celebrating 150th Birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder,
Wisconsin State Historical Society, 2017
Read it here: Finding Laura's Wisconsin
National Finalist Essay in Little House Big Story Contest
Celebrating 150th Birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder,
Wisconsin State Historical Society, 2017
Read it here: Finding Laura's Wisconsin
"Nettles, Swans, and May's Green Harvest,"
Edible Madison (online) May 2017
Read it here - Nettles, Wild Swans, and May's Green Harvest by Catherine Young for Edible Madison
Edible Madison (online) May 2017
Read it here - Nettles, Wild Swans, and May's Green Harvest by Catherine Young for Edible Madison
"And Then I Went Back to the Land"
Saltfront (studies in human habit(at) (print) Issue 8: Fall 2019
Saltfront (studies in human habit(at) (print) Issue 8: Fall 2019
"St. Anthony Comes Around,"
Extra Innings (online) Issue #76, February 2016
Go to - St. Anthony Comes Around
Extra Innings (online) Issue #76, February 2016
Go to - St. Anthony Comes Around
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Poems
“In the Antique Mall,” Wisconsin Poet’s Calendar 2021,
Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets
“In Dark Times We Gather Light,” Tiny Seed Journal, August 2020
https://tinyseedjournal.com/2020/08/03/in-dark-times-we-gather-light/
“Women Tending,” About Place (online) Volume VI:I, Practices of Hope, May 2020
https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/practices-of-hope/tending-together/catherine-young/
“Art Goes Unbidden" and "Barn Elegiac,"
Contours (print anthology) Driftless Writing Center, 2020
"Gathering Acorns, Hoarding Words" (online)
Cold Mountain Review Spring/Summer 2019
https://www.coldmountainreview.org/issues/spring-summer-2019/gathering-acorns-hoarding-words-by-catherine-young
"Superior" and "Waters Silvered," (print) Common Ground Review Volume 20 Number 2 Fall/Winter 2019
"Stippled Passing" and "A Parallelogram," River Heron (online) 2019
“A Parallelogram” nominated for Pushcart Prize
https://www.riverheronreview.com/issue-21#/catherine-young
"Panoramic," Passager (print) 2019
"July 4" and "Farmer, Janus," Flyway Journal of Writing & Environment (print) 2018
http://flywayjournal.org/poetry/farmer-janus-and-july-4-catherine-young/
"Lost At Sea," Camas (print) 2018
"Relief Line 1960" Wisconsin Chapbook Against Hunger, November 2018
"Firefly Nights," Ascent (online) June 2018
https://readthebestwriting.com/firefly-nights-catherine-young/
"Lighting the Menorah," Cricket (print) November/December Issue 2018
"Stone Circle," Fourth River (print) Spring 2018
"Verdancy" and "Hymenoptera I: Wasps," Reliquiae (online) December 2017
"Minus Forty," Aqueous (print) Volume 12, Issue 2: Fall 2017
"Express Route Madison," (broadside) Madison Metro Buslines Poetry Project 2017
"At a Loss," Minding Nature (online) Volume 10:2 May 2017
https://www.humansandnature.org/at-a-loss
"Mapping the Empty Lot" and "Dear Sara," Freshwater (print) May 2017
"Volute," Wisconsin Review (print) Volume 50.1: Fall 2016
"Smock," Literary Mama (online journal) February 2017
https://literarymama.com/articles/departments/2017/02/smock
"Shoreline Instructions for Lake Superior,"
Aqueous (print) Volume 11, Issue 1: Summer 2016
"My Mother Had a Relationship," Feile-Festa, (online) May 2015
https://www.medcelt.org/feile-festa/v009/poetry/young.html
"Maple Syruping," Fermentation Festival
and Farm Art/Dtour Pass Words (broadside) 2012
Poems
“In the Antique Mall,” Wisconsin Poet’s Calendar 2021,
Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets
“In Dark Times We Gather Light,” Tiny Seed Journal, August 2020
https://tinyseedjournal.com/2020/08/03/in-dark-times-we-gather-light/
“Women Tending,” About Place (online) Volume VI:I, Practices of Hope, May 2020
https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/practices-of-hope/tending-together/catherine-young/
“Art Goes Unbidden" and "Barn Elegiac,"
Contours (print anthology) Driftless Writing Center, 2020
"Gathering Acorns, Hoarding Words" (online)
Cold Mountain Review Spring/Summer 2019
https://www.coldmountainreview.org/issues/spring-summer-2019/gathering-acorns-hoarding-words-by-catherine-young
"Superior" and "Waters Silvered," (print) Common Ground Review Volume 20 Number 2 Fall/Winter 2019
"Stippled Passing" and "A Parallelogram," River Heron (online) 2019
“A Parallelogram” nominated for Pushcart Prize
https://www.riverheronreview.com/issue-21#/catherine-young
"Panoramic," Passager (print) 2019
"July 4" and "Farmer, Janus," Flyway Journal of Writing & Environment (print) 2018
http://flywayjournal.org/poetry/farmer-janus-and-july-4-catherine-young/
"Lost At Sea," Camas (print) 2018
"Relief Line 1960" Wisconsin Chapbook Against Hunger, November 2018
"Firefly Nights," Ascent (online) June 2018
https://readthebestwriting.com/firefly-nights-catherine-young/
"Lighting the Menorah," Cricket (print) November/December Issue 2018
"Stone Circle," Fourth River (print) Spring 2018
"Verdancy" and "Hymenoptera I: Wasps," Reliquiae (online) December 2017
"Minus Forty," Aqueous (print) Volume 12, Issue 2: Fall 2017
"Express Route Madison," (broadside) Madison Metro Buslines Poetry Project 2017
"At a Loss," Minding Nature (online) Volume 10:2 May 2017
https://www.humansandnature.org/at-a-loss
"Mapping the Empty Lot" and "Dear Sara," Freshwater (print) May 2017
"Volute," Wisconsin Review (print) Volume 50.1: Fall 2016
"Smock," Literary Mama (online journal) February 2017
https://literarymama.com/articles/departments/2017/02/smock
"Shoreline Instructions for Lake Superior,"
Aqueous (print) Volume 11, Issue 1: Summer 2016
"My Mother Had a Relationship," Feile-Festa, (online) May 2015
https://www.medcelt.org/feile-festa/v009/poetry/young.html
"Maple Syruping," Fermentation Festival
and Farm Art/Dtour Pass Words (broadside) 2012