Kate Hanson Foster's first book of poems, Mid Drift, was published by Loom Press and was a finalist for the Massachusetts Center for the Book Award in 2011. Her work has appeared in Comstock Review, Harpur Palate, Poet Lore, Tupelo Quarterly, Five:2:One Magazine and elsewhere. She was recently awarded the NEA Parent Fellowship through the Vermont Studio Center. She lives with her husband and 3 children in Groton, Massachusetts.