Kathleen Carlton Johnson

Kathleen Carlton Johnson came from a military family and lived in various places. She received her education in Virginia at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg and furthered her education at Villanova University and the University of Virginia. She has taught and ran libraries, but books and poetry have always been a part of her. The poems selected for this book span some 50 or so years. She has produced some 16 chapbooks. Since she's also a visual artist, poetry and painting...See more

Kathleen Carlton Johnson came from a military family and lived in various places. She received her education in Virginia at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg and furthered her education at Villanova University and the University of Virginia. She has taught and ran libraries, but books and poetry have always been a part of her. The poems selected for this book span some 50 or so years. She has produced some 16 chapbooks. Since she's also a visual artist, poetry and painting complement each other. She is currently a Chaplain in Hospice, which has been a gift not only to her soul but to her art. Her work and visual art have appeared in Rattle, MacGuffin, The Diner, and Barely South. She has also been published in The Origami Poems Project, Nassau Review, William and Mary Review, and most recently, 3rd Wednesday, U.P. Reader, and Yooper Poetry.She lives six miles from Calumet/Laurium, where she was born. With her family now grown, she is entwined with grandchildren and the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan at her doorstep. See less