K. Blasco Solér is completing a PhD in English with research interests in contemporary North American poetry, environmental humanities, cultural memory, and psychoanalytic studies. Her writing and teaching are informed by an upbringing in Alaska and a background in science writing. K’s current work, “land | trust,” was a 2023 finalist for the Colorado Prize for Poetry. A chapbook of poetry based on the reemergence of the gray wolf in the Southern Rockies titled “wolf | mother | daughter” and a collection of collaborative conceptual poetry titled “Quarter Light” is forthcoming in 2025. K holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics from Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School and a BA in editorial journalism from the University of Washington.
Fields of Study:
- Environmental Humanities
- Cultural Studies
- Post-Colonialism
- Psychoanalytic Studies
Contact
UF email: kblascosoler@ufl.edu