Kathryn Hunt is the author of When You Wake Near the Sea (forthcoming in spring 2027), winner of the 2026 Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award, and of two earlier collections, Long Way Through Ruin and Seed Wheel. Autumn House Press selected her memoir, The Last Chance Motel, as runner-up for its 2026 AHP Nonfiction Award. She’s translated the work of Catalan poet Maria-Mercè Marçal and is the recipient of residencies and awards from Ucross, Artists Trust, Helen Whiteley Center, Hedgebrook, and Joya AIR (Spain). She directed films earlier in her creative life; her first film, No Place Like Home, premiered at the Venice Film Festival, in Italy. She is the founder and artistic curator of Poetry on the Salish Sea.