CE. Cowie
Poet
Heirloom
"Heirloom is a work of feminist significance and artistic beauty. Catherine-Esther Cowie has brought forward women who were silenced in their pain, and the collection is an extraordinary example of how poetry informs the record of history and its impact on humanity." ~ Rhony Bhopla, Harvard Review
"The haunting of ancestry is both a gift and a terror in the blood in Catherine-Esther Cowie's stunning debut collection, Heirloom, that is peopled by the brilliantly embodied personages of four generations of women. These are beautiful, difficult poems of liberation by a specially gifted poet." ~ Kwame Dawes
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Potomac Review
A Name I Will Not Call My Daughter
When I Follow God's Voice Into the Desert
TriQuarterly
In the Beginning
PN Review
Four Poems
BIO
Catherine-Esther Cowie is a poet, fiction writer and visual artist. She was born and raised on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. She attended high-school, undergrad and graduate schools in Canada and the US. Currently, Catherine-Esther resides in Illinois.
Her debut collection, Heirloom (Carcanet Press, 2025), is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for the Forward Jerwood Prize for Best Collection and the T.S. Elliot Prize 2025.
CONTACT
For any media inquiries, readings and speaking engagements: cowie.cate@gmail.com
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