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
- Writers Reading Series at Anne Arundel CC
Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
02/10/2026 - Poets in the Conversation Room
St. John’s College Conversation Room, Annapolis, MD
02/21/2026 - Kind of a Big Dill
Pickles Pub, Baltimore, MD
03/05/2026
Q&A for the End of the WorldThe Scientific Method is a fascinating series of poems by one of D.C.’s finest poets. Roberts connects intellectual energy with historical insight in poems that reverberate with significance. Beautiful, bold, and passionate, these poems capture and celebrate the enduring nature of the human spirit. Roberts is magnificent.
Sonja James, The Martinsburg WV Journal Newspaper March 16, 2017
Kim Roberts
Poet. Editor. Literary Historian.
kim@kimroberts.org
626 Quebec Place NW
Washington, DC 20010
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