Catherine Ragsdale
About
Catherine is from Austin and lives in Baltimore. She graduated from Texas Tech University with bachelor's degrees in Spanish and Marketing, and a master's in English. She was previously an associate editor of Iron Horse Literary Review. Every so often, Catherine sits in the park to write while her dog hunts rats.
She is currently looking for her keys, please reach out if you know where they might be.
Writing
Stained: An Anthology of Writing About Menstruation
"People keep telling me about New Mexico in Lubbock" (2023)
Peach Mag
"Never Been Kissed // Always Been Kissed" (2022)
CutBank Literary Journal - 95
"It's almost tomato season and you know what that means" (2021)
Perhappened - Homecoming Issue
"Falconry" (2021)
House Mountain Review - Broadside Contest Winner
"Underpainting" (2021)
Soliloquies 23.2
"Valencia" (2019)
Porter House Review Editor's Prize - Finalist
"At Bay" (2019)
catheXis northwest press
"After I read god's voice" (2019)
"אהבה, Swastika" (2019)
TYPO Mag
"Triangle of Reference" (2019)
The Nasiona
"The Tree is a Body" (2019)
Princemere Poetry Prize - Finalist (2018)
Stephan Ross Huffman Poetry Prize - First Place (2017)
Texas Tech Pride Poetry Slam - First Place (2017)
Readings & Events
August 3, 2018: BORDERLESS at Studio 4
November 15, 2018: LHUCA Literary Series with Emma Rae Hightower, Catherine Ragsdale, and Vievee Francis
August 2, 2019: Art & Poetry & Fundraising at FFAT at Studio C
October 10, 2019: Geography of the Body in West Texas Sowell Collection Roundtable
March 5, 2020: AWP Offsite, Flatland Flash at Cherrity Bar
March 21, 2021: Virtual Workshop Reading
July 9th, 2022: Workshop - Write Something Saturday
October 8th, 2022: Workshop - Write Something Saturday
May 27th, 2023: Workshop - Write Something Saturday
July 20th, 2023: Stained Anthology Launch Party