Kim Roberts

An award-winning poet, literary historian, and editor residing in Washington, DC. Author of five books of poems. Co-Editor of Beltway Poetry Quarterly, and the web exhibit DC Writers’ Homes.

Poet. Editor. Literary Historian.

Publications

Roberts is the author of A Literary Guide to Washington, DC (University of Virginia Press, 2018), and five books of poems, most recently The Scientific Method (WordTech Editions, 2017). Poems of hers are featured in over 40 anthologies, and included in journals throughout the US, as well as in Israel, Canada, France, Brazil, India, and New Zealand. Individual poems of hers have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Mandarin. Learn more…

Upcoming Events

New Book

A Literary Guide to Washington, DC: Walking in the Footsteps of American Writers from Francis Scott Key to Zora Neale Hurston

Published by the University of Virginia Press in June 2018. With contemporary photos by Dan Vera, historic photos, and maps by Nat Case.

 

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Roberts's work calls to mind Whitman's 'Song of Myself' in its expansive celebration of life in all its physicality. That Roberts infuses her work with humor makes it all the more engaging.

Kimberly L. Becker, Ghoti April 10, 2014

Beltway Poetry Quarterly

Beltway Poetry logoKim is founding editor of Beltway Poetry Quarterly, an award-winning online literary journal and resource bank that showcases the literary community in Washington, DC and the Mid-Atlantic.

DC Writers’ Homes

bar-logoKim co-edits DC Writers’ Homes with Dan Vera, a web exhibit that documents the homes of literary authors who once lived in the greater Washington, DC region.