Kim Roberts

An award-winning poet and literary historian residing in Washington, DC. Author of seven books of poems, two walking tour guidebooks, and editor of two poetry anthologies.

Poet. Editor. Literary Historian.

Publications

Roberts is the author of A Literary Guide to Washington, DC (University of Virginia Press, 2018), and the forthcoming Buried Stories: Walking Tours of Washington-Area Cemeteries (Rivanna Books, 2025). She is also the author of seven books of poems, including Corona/Crown, a cross-disciplinary collaboration with photographer Robert Revere (WordTech Editions, 2023), and Q&A for the End of the World, a collaboration with poet Michael Gushue (WordTech, 2025). She edited the anthology By Broad Potomac’s Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of Our Nation’s Capital (University of Virginia Press, 2020). Learn more…

Upcoming Events

New Book

Q&A for the End of the World

A collaboration with poet Michael Gushue.

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In Q&A for the End of the World, Roberts and Gushue take a tag-team approach to the mysteries and delights of bygone B-movies and creature features (and one 28-minute French arthouse thriller). In the process, they harness the warped dream-logic of poetry to discover, in monster movies, some hidden yet familiar truths.

April 15, 2025

Kim On Screen

You can now watch videos of Kim reading her work, talking about craft, and discussing DC’s rich literary history, all on her YouTube channel.

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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.