Midwest Writers Room

Season 4, Ep. 7 - Katrina Serwe, April 2026

Luella and Ken Season 4 Episode 7

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BIO:

Katrina worked as a therapist, professor, and researcher in the field of occupational therapy for over two decades. She started poemwalking after a delightful midlife crisis and ended up hiking the entire 1,200 miles of Wisconsin’s Ice Age National Scenic Trail. 

Katrina published a chapbook, First Steps (Brain Mill Press, 2025), that won the Brain Mill Press + Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest, and a full-length collection of foraged poems, A Thousand Miles of Poetry released this month with WWA Press. Her poems have been featured in a variety of publications including Ploughshares, Blue Heron Review, The Solitary Plover, Scrawl Place, Portage Magazine, and Bramble. 

LINKS:

https://katrinaserwe.com/