Catherine Barnett

Catherine Barnett is the author of four collections of poetry, including Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space. She teaches in New York University’s MFA program in creative writing.
Black-and-white photo of Ellen Bryant Voigt writing at her desk in 2015

Ellen Bryant Voigt

Four poets remember a singular mentor
Catherine Barnett,
Victoria Chang,
Meghan O’Rourke,
and
Carl Phillips
October 28, 2025

Rubber Bands

How can we extend love?
Catherine Barnett
May 6, 2025

In Utero and After

Catherine Barnett
March 4, 2024

Nicholson Baker and I

Catherine Barnett
March 4, 2024

The Search

Catherine Barnett
March 4, 2024

Stacey D'Erasmo

The novelist on our tendency to elide the truth
Catherine Barnett
November 7, 2022
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Ben Lerner on Writing and Magic Pills

The poet and novelist goes home
Catherine Barnett
January 1, 2020