Kathryn Hargett-Hsu (1999-) is a poet based in St. Louis, Missouri. Born and raised in Alabama, she received her MFA in Writing from Washington University in St. Louis, where was Senior Poetry Fellow. Her chapbook GOOD LISTENER (2023) was selected by Kemi Alabi for the Frontier Poetry Breakthrough Chapbook Contest.

Kathryn has received fellowships from Disquiet International, Kundiman, Fine Arts Work Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets, and National YoungArts Foundation, among others. Most recently, she was the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Prize, the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize, and the Norma Lowry Poetry Prize.

Kathryn teaches reading & grammar intervention to 5th and 6th grade students in St. Louis.

Find her work here.