Kathleen Aguero

Poet

Salem, MA
Massachusetts US

Author's Bio

In addition to publishing her poetry, Kathleen Aguero has also co-edited three volumes of multi-cultural literature for the University of Georgia Press (A Gift of Tongues, An Ear to the Ground, and Daily Fare). and is consulting poetry editor of Solstice Literary Magazine. She teaches as Faculty-at-Large in the low-residency MFA program at Lasell University and in Changing Lives Through Literature, an alternative sentencing program.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Women Write Resistance (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2015)
,
Lit from Inside: Forty Yearsof Poetry from Alice James Books (Alice James Books, 2013)
Books:
World Happiness Index (Tiger Bark Press, 2021)
,
After That (Tiger Bark Press, 2013)
,
Daughter Of (Cedar Hill Books, 2005)
,
The Real Weather (Hanging Loose Press, 1987)
,
Thirsty Day (Alice James Books, 1977)
Chapbook:
Investigations: The Mystery of the Girl Sleuth (Cervena Barva Press, 2008)
Journals: , ,
Sojourner
Prizes won: 

Massachusetts Cultural Council 2025 Award for Creative Individuals, 2012 Firman Houghton Award, New England Poetry Club Elgin Cox Trust Writing Grant, summer 1999 Massachusetts Poetry Fellowship, 1975

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Rockeville Center, NY
New York
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Last update: Mar 14, 2026