American poet (born 1951)
Donna Kate Rushin (born 1951), popularly known as Kate Rushin, is a Black lesbian poet. Rushin's prefatory poem, "The Bridge Poem", to the 1981 collection "This Bridge Called My Back" is considered iconic. She currently lives in Connecticut.
Education.
Rushin was raised in Lawnside, New Jersey. She obtained a Bachelor of Art's degree from Oberlin College, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Brown University. In 2021, she became Poet in Residence in the English Department of Connecticut College.
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