An award-winning poet and literary historian residing in Washington, DC. Author of six books of poems, editor of two anthologies, and co-editor of the web exhibit DC Writers’ Homes.
Poet. Editor. Literary Historian.
Roberts is the author of A Literary Guide to Washington, DC (University of Virginia Press, 2018), and six books of poems, including The Scientific Method (WordTech Editions, 2017) and the forthcoming Corona/Crown, a cross-disciplinary collaboration with photographer Robert Revere (WordTech Editions, 2023). She is the editor of By Broad Potomac’s Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of Our Nation’s Capital (University of Virginia Press, 2020). Learn more…
By Broad Potomac’s Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of Our Nation’s Capital
Published by the University of Virginia Press in October 2020. Featuring 132 poets working and living in Washington, DC from the city’s founding in 1800 through 1930.
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
Kim Roberts
Poet. Editor. Literary Historian.
kim@kimroberts.org
626 Quebec Place NW
Washington, DC 20010
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